Senators have blamed the high mortality rate at Pumwani Maternity Hospital on mismanagement. Johnson Sakaja, vice chair of the Senate Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, said the facility's services are wanting. Read: Pumwani dead infants saga: Maternity has no mortuaryThe committee was informed that systems and equipment had failed. Mbito said the Pumwani infant deaths should not be politicised. On Tuesday, the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Union accused Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko of politicising the matter.

Source: The Star September 19, 2018 15:33 UTC