Medical services at Transmara West Sub-County Hospital in Kilgoris have been severely disrupted after hospital management abruptly shut down the facility following a violent attack on health workers. The hospital was closed after armed attackers stormed the facility on Tuesday night, assaulting nurses and leaving several health workers with injuries. According to hospital staff who spoke on condition of anonymity, the attackers arrived at the hospital with a patient who had been involved in a road accident. A sign outside Transmara West Sub-County Level 4 Hospital in Narok County Daily NationThis recommendation angered the group accompanying the patient, triggering chaos within the hospital compound. This attack on healthcare practitioners comes weeks after the Interior CS, Kipchumba Murkomen, declared Transmara West as a security-disturbed region and deployed security personnel to the region.

Source: Daily Nation January 15, 2026 12:00 UTC