The National Council of Churches of Kenya wants Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha to resign for failing to avert the ongoing doctors strike that has entered the 22nd day.
The council has accused Nakhumicha of laxity in managing the strikes by doctors, clinical officers and medical laboratory officers unions, which have left thousands of Kenyans unable to access treatment.
Flanked by NCCK nairobi chairman Alphonse Kanga the men of cloth also want President Willaim Ruto add his voice in the matter and address the crisis that has seen more health unions on rampage
“If I was the minister of health by this time either if one person dies in some countries because there is something wrong it is either she fixes it or steps out it is simple,” said Dr Kanga.
On the thorny fake fertilizer matter that has raised eyebrows on the government’s willingness to end food insecurity, the clergy demands that the Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi take responsibility or step down.
According to Kanga, the minister is privy to the entire fertilizer value chain
“Mbolea ilitoka ilipeanwa with the systems that exist they have the accountability, they know the storekeepers they have the lorries that transported… the ministry of agriculture should not come to tell us ilikuwa ikatembea he should come and tell us this happened and either so and so has been sacked or he himself he has stepped down,” said the Reverend.
The church has also been alarmed by the rising road carnages urging authorities to seal loopholes that led to the reduced road inspection and the deep seated corruption in transport agencies.
“The rate of accidents in Kenya can be measured with the rate of corruption in this country. We must have consolidated efforts with the police and NTSA and everybody else who is concerned because for those vehicles to do what they are doing right now it only means that things have gone out of hand,’ Kanga noted.