Man seeks answers after wife's death in childbirth

Michael Okeyo Obiero holds Lily Hope who is one week old after her mother Lilian Aoko Obiero died at the Mama Lucy hospital taken on 2nd February 2015. PHOTO:WILBERFORCE OKWIRI

In the last few months, the Government has, through the Ministry of Health, been on an all-out campaign to have pregnant women deliver their babies in hospitals.

Citing the need to safeguard the well being of the women and their unborn children, the Government has gone a step further and waived maternity fees in all public hospitals, a move that has been praised by many and led to an increase in the number of hospital deliveries.