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Rutocare: Hard questions linger on new health plan

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President William Ruto during the signing of Universal Health Care Bills, State House, Nairobi. [PCS]

Veteran community health promoter Lilian Anyango, hummed a gospel song as she trudged a path in the rugged but picturesque Nyakach hills, Kisumu County.

With a bulging red health kit bag slung on her shoulder, Lilian rounded an imposing hill and entered the home of her second client of the day- a middle-aged mother of four who is expecting her fifth baby.

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