Tag Archives: Ministry of Health

April 2019 Daily Nation; Director of Medical Services Jackson Kioko has been moved to the Kenya Health Professionals Oversight Authority in a raft of changes announced yesterday by Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki. Dr Kioko has been serving as the DMS since he was appointed in an acting capacity in January …

February 2019 Business Daily;Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital is set to become a State corporation under Health ministry according to an order signed by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The hospital which has been put up at Sh8 billion will, however, continue to provide specialised treatment alongside training and research …

December 2018 theStar;Kenya will inch closer to its goal of attaining Universal Health Coverage by 2022 on Thursday, when President Uhuru Kenyatta launches the pilot phase of the programme in Kisumu. WHO defines universal health care as ensuring all people have access to quality preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitation and palliative …

November 2018 Dailynation;Mr Geoffrey Mwangi, the chief executive officer of the National Health Insurance Fund, is a man in trouble. If detectives prove their claim that, under his watch, money intended to cover expectant mothers under the Linda Mama programme was used for trading in opaque circumstances, he may well …

October 2017 Dailynation; Treasury has slammed the brakes on the installation and commissioning of portable medical clinics that were linked to the controversial Sh5 billion health scandal last year. Through the Supplementary Budget, the Treasury has cut Sh450 million allocated for the installation and commissioning of 100 containers that continue to …

July 2017 Dailynation; Nurses at Kenyatta National Hospital have joined the ongoing nationwide nurses’ job boycott. The strike to push for recognition and implementation of the caregivers’ Collective Bargaining Agreement entered its 58th day on Monday. While citing overworking, the nurses at KNH said they had decided to boycott duty …

July 2017 Dailynation;The Health ministry’s move to withhold a Sh1.8 billion payment from a supplier who shipped in anti-malarial drugs and equipment between 1993 and 1995 has exposed taxpayers to the risk of paying at least Sh35 billion after interest accumulated over two decades. Equip Agencies, a local supplies firm, …

March 2017 DailyNation; The budget for leasing medical equipment at the counties has been cut by Sh1 billion, setting the stage for a row between the government and multinationals supplying the kits. The Budget and Appropriations Committee has cut the allocation of the leasing fees from Sh4.5billion set by the …

March 2017 DailyNation; Six years ago, a retired engineer drowned in his own body fluids. His kidneys had failed due to hypertension and, over time, and with money hard to come by, he could not afford care in private hospitals. The only public centre for dialysis, Kenyatta National Hospital, was …

February 2017 BusinessDaily; Nairobi-based supplier Equip Agencies has sued the Ministry of Health, demanding Sh35.4 billion as compensation for two botched tenders for the supply of anti-malarial drugs between 1993 and 1995. The firm says it was awarded Sh2.3 billion by High Court judge Muga Apondi in 2011 as compensation …