Nakuru Governor Kinuthia Mbugua has put on notice all unlicensed private clinics as well as herbal doctors operating within the county that their days are numbered.
Speaking on Tuesday when he toured the Molo sub-county Hospital, Mbugua said that unlicensed clinics and herbal doctors were a big threat to the lives and health of county residents, and warned that his government will not allow illegal entities to operate within the county.
Mbugua directed the county health executive together with the county inspectorate to inspect all clinics operating within the county to establish if they are registered and close down the unregistered ones.
“We will not allow quarks who run private clinics to operate because they are putting the lives of our people at risk. Those who want to run private clinics must be cleared by the relevant authorities,” said Mbugua.
“The so-called herbal doctors must also be put on notice because they are just too much,” added Mbugua.
Mbugua reiterated his government’s commitment towards making healthcare affordable and easily accessible to all Nakuru County residents.
“As my government has always stated, our aim is to ensure that we provide quality and affordable healthcare at all our facilities and we are working towards achieving that,” he said.
“We can only achieve our economic targets if all our people are healthy and that can be achieved if we have better health facilities,” said the county chief.