How graft, greed tainted Uhuru Kenyatta's lofty plans for health

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto inspect medical equipment procured through the Managed Equipment Services (MES) Project at State House, Nairobi. [PSCU, Standard]

Fifty years after independence, President Uhuru Kenyatta took over the leadership of the country his father had led immediately after independence. Within these five decades, Kenya had gone through three presidents, had its fare moments of optimism and pessimism too.

But as he got sworn into office, no one would have imagined that he would be fighting the same problems his father vowed to end. Top on the list was a collapsing healthcare system whose creaking foundations unintentionally supported the lives of millions of Kenyans.