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Kenyatta National Hospital, prisons stand-off undermining justice

A prisoner being wheeled to Kenyatta National Hospital’s Emergency wing. Outstanding debt owed to referral facility by prisons has left convicts and remandees suffering. [File, Standard]

The stand-off between Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and the Prisons Department over the treatment of murder suspect Joseph Irungu aka Jowie is in bad taste and risks jeopardising a high profile case.

KNH claims the department has incurred Sh31 million in unpaid bills and has vowed to turn away all cases referred to them from the prisons facilities.

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