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Why Ruto administration must invest in preventive healthcare

Preventive healthcare is ultimately cheaper and more lifesaving than curative healthcare. [iStockphoto]

A few days ago, cancer snatched the young and most promising life of 36-year-old Wilbroad 'Mumo' Kahigi Peter, my Tanzanian son and very dear friend.

Despite the numerous chemotherapy and various impeccable treatment sessions that he received at the Nairobi Hospital, Aga Khan and Muhimbili hospitals, he eventually succumbed to this dreaded disease.

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