{"id":10853,"date":"2020-07-08T17:52:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T17:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=10853"},"modified":"2020-07-08T17:52:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T17:52:33","slug":"musa-otieno-discharged-from-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/musa-otieno-discharged-from-hospital","title":{"rendered":"Musa Otieno discharged from hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Former Harambee Stars defender and captain Musa Otieno has been discharged from Kenyatta National Hospital, where he had been admitted on Friday, June 26.<\/p>\n<p>According to local sources\u00a0Musa thanked everyone who stood by him, and assured everyone he is feeling much better.<\/p>\n<p>He will now self-isolate as per the Ministry of Health guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>According to a family member, Otieno was put in isolation and had spoken to at least three people before being put on oxygen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was processed and put on oxygen and later placed on isolation,&#8221; the family member who requested not to be named, said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The doctors have not said whether he has contracted COVID-19 or not. However, every precaution is being taken to ensure Otieno\u00a0is okay. On Sunday, Otieno\u00a0managed to talk to at least three people,&#8221; the family member said.<\/p>\n<p>The news was followed by &#8216;Get-well&#8217; and support messages on social media, with them, sparking rumours Musa had contracted COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease join me in prayer my dear friend Musa Otieno Ongao. He has the coronavirus and has been admitted to hospital,\u201d One Kris Humphrey Kaufman posted on Facebook, with a picture Musa in a hospital bed.<\/p>\n<p>Otieno has led programmes seeking to help vulnerable Kenyans during the pandemic period much recently through his\u00a0<em>Kick Off To Hope<\/em>\u00a0organization, which supported over 600 families in low-income areas.<\/p>\n<p>Musa Otieno is Harambee Stars\u2019 most-capped player, with over 100 appearances in 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>He was part of the Harambee Stars squad that participated in the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>Locally he donned the colours of Tusker FC and AFC Leopards, before making move to South Africa\u2019s Santos in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>He later ventured into coaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Former Harambee Stars defender and captain Musa Otieno has been discharged from Kenyatta National Hospital, where he had been admitted on Friday, June 26. 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