Huge investment needed to tame Kenya's third biggest killer disease

Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital Radiographer Charles Nyakoria explains how the hospital's newly acquired 16 slice CT Scan machine works. [Photo: Eric Abuga/Standard]

On September 25, 2011, Kenya lost her first and only Nobel Laureate, Wangari Maathai, aged 71, and has never forgiven cancer for taking her heroine away.

Around the same time, the country also lost their "charcoal-to-gold" tycoon Njenga Karume, 83, to same killer. As if that was not enough, Kenyans also learnt that their then two Health ministers, Beth Mugo and Anyang' Nyong'o, were also being treated for cancer.