West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapuo. County leaders have asked him to intervene over poor health services at Kapenguria hospital. [Photo/softkenya.com]
A section of West Pokot County political leaders has criticized the poor state of health services at Kapenguria Referral Hospital.
The criticism came a day after a power blackout forced the hospital management to refer patients to neighboring hospitals in Kitale and Ortum mission Hospital.
Led by Kapenguria MP Samuel Moroto, the leaders are accusing West Pokot deputy governor Nicholas Atudonyang who is also heading the Health department as CEC of absconding duty.
They now want the county boss, Prof John Lonyangapuo, to immediately address the issue.
However, the county Chief Officer in charge of Health Ibrahim Longelomoi has assured residents of improved health services saying they have put in place mechanism to prevent a recurrence of the unfortunate power cut.