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Alfred Kagika, a construction worker in Kiambu county with his wife Mercy Munyiva during an interview with The Standard on October 7 2025. [Collins Oduor, Standard]
Amid the push and pull between Kiambu County Government and county doctors, a painful healthcare crisis is unfolding with expectant mothers and residents lacking access to quality services in public hospitals.
For over four months now, several families have been languishing in pain as they mourn the loss of their newborn babies, which they attribute to the ongoing doctors’ strike, now on its 134th day.
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