Dr Amoth deserves better after WHO role, say leaders
HEALTH & SCIENCE
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe and Acting Health Director-General Dr Patrick Amoth at a past press conference. [File, Standard]
An ODM MP has sensationally claimed that Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe refused to confirm acting Director-General for Health Dr Patrick Amoth because of his ethnic background and age.
Alego-Usonga MP Samuel Atandi said after Kenyans called for Dr Amoth’s confirmation, he approached the CS over the same but he flatly refused on what he described as flimsy grounds.
“As the Area MP for Dr Amoth, I went to see CS Kagwe after social media uproar calling for his confirmation. I was taken aback when the CS flatly rejected my request claiming that Dr Amoth was not of the right age group and ethnic background,” said Atandi.