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 …
Read More »KENYA: Uhuru to commission Othaya hospital this year
March 2017 DailyNation; Construction of the Sh1 billion Othaya Level Four Hospital will be completed in April, State House spokesperson Manoah Esipisu has said. President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to commission the hospital in May. Works have stalled since 2013 over claims of misappropriation of funds and inflation of payments …
Read More »KENYA: County seeks to have union officials jailed on contempt of court claim
December 2016 DailyNation; The Nyeri County government wants officials of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentist Union (KMPPDU) jailed for contempt of court. The county administration, through lawyer Patrick Ngunjiri, said Ouma Oluga (secretary-general), Gor Goody and Wairimu Mwaniki, the union’s leaders in Central Kenya, breached a court order …
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