By OTIENO OTIENO More by this AuthorMy first experience of a public health facility as a little boy was at Nyang’ande Dispensary in Kano, Kisumu County. They have difficulty fixing their wage bill problems that have seen health services frequently disrupted by work boycotts, for example. Almost all counties struggle to pay their health workers. But the emerging narrative by the national government blaming every public healthcare failure on the counties is ridiculous scapegoating. The truth is that most of the counties’ problems are related to delays in receiving disbursements from the National Treasury and a bloated workforce inherited from the national government.

Source: Daily Nation July 11, 2020 22:41 UTC