Murang'a Governor, Irungu Kang'ata, has announced that the County Government will waive Hospital Bills for all casualties of Sabasaba protests receiving treatment in public facilities, ensuring that no one is burdened further following the tragic event.
Kang'ata, who was speaking in Murang'a County Referral Hospital (MCRH), where he visited 22-year-old Kelvin Mwaniki, who is admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), said that the Hospital Bills for patients admitted in County Government Health facilities with injuries from the protests will be fully waived. "The County is going to waive all the bills accrued by anyone in hospital as a result of Sabasaba demonstrations," he said.
Kang'ata castigated the police for using excessive force when dealing with protestors, noting that in the past, demonstrations in Murang'a have been largely peaceful. "We have never had a lethal confrontation and we have celebrated peaceful demonstrations across Murang'a, which is provided for under the Constitution," he said. "However, during the Sabasaba demonstrations, things took a negative trajectory because we recorded four fatalities across the County," he added.
He revealed that other than the one person admitted at the MCRH, there are other persons at Kenyatta National Hospital, Githumu AIC Hospital and Aberdare Modern Hospital.
