Governor Ngilu weathers political storm to roll out healthcare scheme

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu speaks to health workers at the Kitui’s Kenya Forestry Research Institute on August 14, 2018. On Tuesday, the county government will roll out a subsidised universal health insurance cover. [Paul Mutua, Standard]

Buoyed by the recently successful brain surgery at the Kitui County Referral Hospital, Governor Charity Ngilu is going all out to deliver Universal Health Care (UHC).

In a new arrangement, the county is now seeking to have all its residents - and visitors - as well as their dependants under an annual cover.