Yes, limit state officials and legislators to public hospitals

Kenya’s public healthcare system has been run down by mismanagement. Devolving healthcare to counties following the advent of devolution has not made matters any better. If anything, industrial action involving doctors and nurses is so common, it does not surprise anyone anymore.

In 2015 the government launched a Sh38 billion medical equipment programme that was expected to serve as a turning point for medical services in Kenya. Under a deal dubbed ‘The Managed Equipment Services (MES)’ the national government sought to fully equip two hospitals in each of the 47 counties with dialysis and cancer detection machines. In addition, ultra-modern machines for Intensive Care Units and heart disease diagnostic centres were to be established.