Friday, April 12, 2024 - A close ally of Azimio One Kenya Alliance leader, Raila Odinga, has stated that the ongoing doctors’ strike in the country has exposed President William Ruto’s incompetency in running the affairs of the country.
Speaking during an interview with Citizen
TV, Azimio stalwart Fred Okang'o said the failure of the Ministry of Health
to end the doctors’ strike is the height of incompetence in the Kenya Kwanza
administration.
''It is important to note
that this ongoing strike has exposed the Government's ineffectiveness in
dealing with issues of healthcare.”
“It has also exposed the Ministry's
leadership incompetence in dealing with the doctors' strike.”
“Most importantly, it has exposed
the incompetency of the Kenya Kwanza Government to deal with ordinary concerns
that affect common mwananchi.'' Okang'o said.
The outspoken politician said
Kenyans are victims of the current escalating tug of war between the Government
and the doctors and urgent interventions are needed to end the stalemate.
He argued that with the current
tough economic situation, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Kenyans to
access health services, which he noted is a constitutional right.
'Persons who suffer most are common
Mwananchi, who goes to the public hospitals.”
“We are told there could be people
who have died as a result of the absence of doctors, reports indicate mothers
are giving birth on the floors of hospitals and patients with terminal
conditions are walking long distances to seek medical attention at private
facilities, which are expensive in the midst of this bad economy,'' Okango
stated.
The doctors' strike has no end in
sight since Ruto told the medics last weekend that the Government has no money
to increase their salaries.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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