By EDITORIAL More by this AuthorThe government’s decision to lease medical equipment may have been well-intentioned but it has continuously been dogged with controversy due to poor execution. Although health services are devolved under the Constitution the counties do not have the capacity to manage them, which is a subject for debate. LEASE EQUIPMENTSpecifically, however, when health functions were devolved, most of the counties did not have the facilities and equipment to offer the services. This is the basis for the intervention by the national government, which contracted some international firms to lease the equipment to counties. One, had the national government conducted a needs assessment or consulted counties to determine what equipment they needed?

Source: Daily Nation July 23, 2020 18:09 UTC