Taking stock: Governors to pitch for more cash from StateCouncil of Governors chair Wycliffe Oparanya (centre), his deputy Mwangi Wa Iria (left), Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru (right) and others at a past event. [File, Standard]Governors will retreat to Kirinyaga County for the Devolution Conference at a time when teething problems are still bedeviling their administrations. Council of Governors (CoG) chairman Wycliffe Oparanya, who spoke to the Sunday Standard, enumerated a number of issues they want addressed at the annual conference, key among them being funding. He criticised the proposal that more level six (referral) hospitals be set up, saying it will deny counties adequate funding for level five and level four hospitals. “You hear calls for health to be reverted to the national government, yet general indicators show it has really improved.”

Source: Standard Digital March 03, 2019 06:22 UTC