It’s crazy how Kenyans give more funds for burial than they do for treatment of an ailing patient. “It is a very weird behaviour; it is indicative of misplaced priorities,” says Sociology professor Paul Ochola of Integrity county Foundation in Kisumu.
In 2016 July, renowned musician, the late Achieng Abura lamented the cold shoulder she was receiving from ‘kith and kin’ after asking for financial help to take her son to hospital.