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Pain for pregnant women as Linda Mama crippled by limping fund

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The Linda Mama programme was designed to assist pregnant women and infants in accessing subsidised or free health services. [File, Standard]

Although the Linda Mama programme brought significant relief to mothers when it was introduced by the then Jubilee administration, hopes for its success are slowly diminishing.

The programme, which was the brainchild of former First Lady Margaret Kenyatta and aimed at providing support to expectant mothers and infants under the Universal Health Care (UHC) system, is no longer a dependable service in most counties.

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