The County Government of Kisumu has explained that Governor Anyang' Nyong'o joined President Uhuru Kenyatta in Cuba to represent the Council of Governors (COG).
In a statement, Nyongo's communication team explained that the COG selected the governor to represent them at the event because of his experience regarding health matters.
Here is the full statement:
The Governor of the Great County of Kisumu Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o who is also a member of the health committee in the council of governors chaired by Isiolo Governor Mohamed Kutti are currently in Cuba to represent the interest of the council of governors in regards to health care.
Cuba is one of the countries with comprehensive healthcare scheme, Prof. Nyong'o was the initiator of NHIF Universal Healthcare project in Kenya, which is a key factor in the delivery of Kenya's health agenda.
It was on this premise that the council of Governors nominated Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o to his H.E Uhuru Kenyatta for the trip, on their first day in Cuba, the delegation visited Cuba's leading research and pharmaceutical group, Labiofam, to study how the Caribbean nation has innovated in its fight against tropical diseases and promised to work closer with Cuba to replicate its success.
Through Labiofam, Cuba would train health staff undertaking malaria programmes in Kenya so as to utilise, minimise costs and time taken to fully implement the programme.