Omtatah now pursues the legality of PHOTC’s activities as he files a separate case on Ombacho’s illegal term extension
By Kevin Ndhirangu The Public Health Sector with bias to Environmental Health has been at its worst over the last one decade. This is evidenced by the surge and re-emergence of communicable diseases such as Cholera, Typhoid, Malaria, TB, HIV, RTIs, etc. This has been attributed to poor leadership and mismanagement. This is a blow to the taxpayers in the country considering the government spends millions of shillings to train Public Health Officers across the Country. Going by the recommended ratio of 1 Public Health Officer (PHOs) per 1000 population, the country on overage needs to have employed over 40,000 PHOs. However, hardly 4,000 exist in the MOH database, with an equally same number stranded out there with no jobs. This has led to demoralization of most PHOs, as others seek greener pastures outside the country. The time is ripe for Kenyans to hold the Ministry of Health accountable for the deteriorating public health status of this country especi