Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua announced that the Government has reorganized and streamlined operations at the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA).
Gachagua was speaking on Thursday, December 7, at the 92nd Kenya Medical Training College, which was held at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi.
According to the Deputy President, KEMSA has increased its efficiency in distributing medical supplies to the nation’s healthcare facilities.
The DP said that during the previous year, the government had concentrated on addressing the parastatal’s inefficiencies and poor service delivery.
According to him, the efforts were successful, and the impact was already felt at the county-levels.
“We have streamlined the operations at KEMSA and as of today, medical supplies are available to the counties and no county can claim they have not received medical supplies from Kemsa,” said Mr Gachagua.
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The DP said the streamlining of KEMSA was among a raft of measures rolled out in the health sector in a bid to improve services as promised before taking office last year.
Other Achievements
Also, he cited the employment of the 100, 000 community health promoters as another big achievement that would improve the sector and boost the race towards Universal Health Coverage.
“There are several gains the Government has achieved in the health sector in the last one year.”
“The Afya Nyumbani Programme is one of them and through it 100, 000 community health promoters have been enlisted and equipped and are getting a stipend to encourage them to serve the people at level one intervention because primary healthcare is critical in our plan to achieve Universal Health Coverage,” the DP said.
Addressing the ceremony, where 22, 695 healthcare professionals graduated, the Deputy President applauded the KMTC for playing a leading role in producing a highly trained health workforce whose input was critical in sustaining the health of the people and in the achievement of UHC.
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“In our race to deliver Universal Health Coverage under the Kenya Kwanza Plan, KMTC is a great enabler,” said Gachagua.
HELB for KMTC
Gachagua also said that the government was working to facilitate further training for the healthcare professionals to empower them with more skills for better service delivery.
“Through strategic investments and comprehensive training, our aim is to strengthen these frontline workers, ensuring every Kenyan, regardless of location, receives the essential primary healthcare services they deserve,” he added.
Additionally, the DP said the training of medical professionals locally was highly regarded globally saying the developed countries were seeking their services.
“We have outstanding requests from the United Kingdom and Germany for healthcare providers,” he said.
Gachagua also said they will look into providing Capitation for Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) students.
Also in attendance were Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha and Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards Mary Muriuki.
