Desperate residents ask Orengo to resuscitate ailing health facilities

A new mortuary at the Bondo Sub-County Hospital. Some residents say priority should be on saving lives. [Courtesy]

When it was built more than a decade ago, residents of Anyanga, Uhanya and Nyenye beaches breathed a sigh of relief. They were convinced that Nyenye-Misori Dispensary would save them from walking long distances to seek treatment.

But the facility meant to serve a population of about 5,000 remains a shell of its former self. Even water is supplied by local vendors, and some patients bring their own.