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Governor Nyong'o's job on the line over deteriorating health sector

A patient waiting to be attended to at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kisumu. [Collins Oduor/Standard]

Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o is on the spot after the county assembly established an ad hoc committee to investigate the poor state of the health sector.

The ward representatives claimed that conditions in government healthcare facilities had worsened to the extent patients were forced to seek medical attention in private facilities or in public hospitals in neighbouring counties.

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