Huge waste as maternity hospitals fail to deliver

A member of Nakuru health taskforce appointed by Governor Lee Kinyanjui assesses maternal equipment at Kihingo Dispensary in Njoro. [Joseph Kipsang, Standard]

There are neither baby cries nor screams around. A pregnant silence hung in the air even as the sign on the wall reads "Marioshoni Maternity Ward".

The facility, which is among several others constructed by the county government in an effort to reduce maternal deaths is deserted, save for domestic animals grazing in the compound.