President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday signed Health Amendment Bill of 2018 and Assumption of office of the governor bill into law amid concerns about his whereabouts.
Ever since returning from China, Uhuru has kept a low profile, precipitating Kenyans to question his absence from public. On Monday, State House spokesperson Kanze Dena denied claims that the president is 'missing'.
"I am shocked that people say they haven't seen the President since he left China, yet on 3rd of this month he had a meeting with executives from Global Fund and there was a Statement about it," she said in Radio Maisha on Monday.
She added: "The President is around, it doesn't mean that because he is not seen in public he is not there, he has an office where he goes every day and he is working on several things."
At State House, Uhuru was buoyed by Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka, Solicitor General Ken Ogeto, Majority Leaders Kipchumba Murkomen (Senate) and Aden Duale (National Assembly).
"The new health law amends the Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Cap 244), the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act (Cap 244), the Nurses Act (Cap 257), and the Kenya Medical Training College Act (Cap 261)," State House tweeted.
"Others include the Nutritionists and Dieticians Act, the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority Act, the Counselors and Psychologists Act, the Physiotherapists Act, the Health Records and Information Managers Act and the Clinical Officers (Training, Registration and Licensing) Act," added the news feed.
Since his election in 2013, Uhuru has rarely been seen missing from action. His silence for three weeks coupled by alleged failure to secure loan from China for extension of SGR raised eyebrows.