THE STANDARD
KENYA
Long-serving Kitale-based paediatrician Dr Arthur Usagi.
Long-serving Kitale-based paediatrician Dr Arthur Usagi is dead.
Dr Usagi, 68, was receiving treatment at St Lukes Orthopaedic and Trauma Hospital in Eldoret.
Sources said the medic died on Monday night.
The doctor has been mourned by both leaders and residents in the North Rift region as a pillar in enhancing health care.
At the Kitale district hospital where he served for a long time, staff described Usagi as an outstanding paediatrician.
Local MPs Dr Chris Wamalwa, Joshua Kuttuny, Dr Robert Pokuse, woman representative Janet Nangabo and Senator Mike Mbito also mourned Dr Usagi.