Uasin Gishu County Governor Jackson Mandago has once again reiterated the ability of county governments to handle the Health docket.
Speaking at the county headquarters on Thursday where he presided over the flagging off drugs worth Sh15.2 million, Mandago said that the national government should not interfere with county governments as they strive to provide good health services to their citizens.
“The Ministry of Health should only retain the function of policy. Buying drugs from KEMSA was a decision of the council of governors. So the national government should not think that we can do anything unconstitutionally,” he said.
The governor stressed the county’s dedication to improving the health service delivery, saying this has also been embraced in many other counties.
“We will continue as county governments to ensure better health service delivery in our respective counties. We launched ambulances the other day, here we have the drugs and we have also expanded our facilities. We have also won the fight against illicit brew, so why should anyone want to return health services to the national government,” he said.
This comes as calls to return health services to the national government are still being supported by some of the stakeholders in the sector who claim that counties are not able to run the docket.