Anyang’ Nyong’o walks with head high after streamlining health sector

Liquid oxygen gas which generates oxygen at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital Kisumu. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

When he took over the health sector in 2017, many were waiting to see how he would deal with the sector riddled with woes, including persistent strikes by health workers.

And for the first three years, Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o sought a formula to restore order in the health sector. The pressure to salvage an ailing sector marred with excessive spending, a huge deficit on the wage bill, endless court cases, and poor revenue collection clouded his plans.