Key stakeholders were notably excluded from a high-profile summit convened yesterday by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki on the ailing health sector in the country.
The summit became a one-sided discussion between heads of state agencies, with no input from private hospitals, health advocates, or healthcare workers-key players in implementing health policies.
The Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) Chairman, Brian Lishenga, said the decision to sideline them undermined the summit's purpose.
Dr Lishenga noted that private hospitals, despite offering services across all 47 counties, were not invited.
