Use lessons from Covid-19 experience to improve local healthcare

Valentine Lung'apher (right), a nurse at Busia County Referral Hospital administers the Covid-19 vaccine to James Kuya, county health records and information officer [Mumo Munuve, Standard]

For many years, the political elite in Kenya have had unlimited options whenever they require specialised healthcare. They have often sought treatment in India and other countries with superior healthcare systems.

Cancer treatment, for example, has caused many wealthy people to fly out of the country to access treatment, while the poor majority have lost lives and livelihoods as they battled the financial, emotional and physical ravages of caring for their loved ones.