Turn universal health coverage dream to reality

President William Ruto during the signing of Universal Health Care Bills, State House, Nairobi. [PCS]

The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme rollout by President William Ruto has attracted a mixture of jubilation and scepticism. The latter arises from the failure of UHC to take off after the pilot phase was launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nyeri, Isiolo, Kisumu and Machakos counties in 2018.

Financial constraints and other factors, including a lack of political goodwill, led to the collapse of the pilot phase. Thus, it came as a relief to those who believe in UHC when President William Ruto assented to four bills that eventually actualised UHC, which Dr Ruto officially launched during this year's Mashujaa Day celebrations at Kericho Stadium.