THE STANDARD By
Standard Team |
December 19th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
The curtains yesterday fell on Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama, ending an illustrious career in public service where he served as teacher and tea director before rising to be a political stalwart in the larger Gusii region.
Nyagarama, 74, was elected in 2013 after unsuccessfully trying to clinch the West Mugirango parliamentary seat on two occasions.
President Uhuru Kenyatta, ODM leader Raila Odinga, Deputy President William Ruto, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Council of Governor’s chairman Wycliffe Oparanya yesterday led Kenyans in paying tribute to Nyagarama.
“As a nation, death has robbed us of a gifted leader whose primary mission was to transform the lives of the residents of Nyamira through his county government’s development initiatives,” President Kenyatta said.
Kenya Union of Clinical Officers Chairman Peterson Wachira addresses the Press after medics downed tools yesterday. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
Healthcare workers have stood their ground seven days into a strike that is slowly crippling the public healthcare system amid criticism from various leaders.
Meeting on Monday at Uhuru Park, healthcare workers under the leadership of Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO), have continued to criticise the government for having misplaced priorities and neglecting frontline workers amid a pandemic that has threatened lives and the economy of the country. Patriotism is not suicide and we are not ready to commit suicide in a country that does not want to appreciate its own healthcare workers, valiantly said KUCO chairperson Peterson Wachira.