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Murgor: Is he CJ Kenyans won't have or punching above weight?


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Senior Counsel Philip Murgor during an interview with The Standard at his office in Nairobi, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. [David Njaaga, Standard]
To understand Senior Counsel Philip Murgor, one must peel off countless layers of a man who is intensely motivated, devoted to his family and a public servant. You sense a little impatience in him, enough to declare he is no pushover.
The son of former Provincial Commissioner Charles Murgor, by any measure the Lenana School old boy was raised with a silver spoon in his mouth.
But the former DPP would like to be seen as a product of both worlds. He has hobnobbed with the who-is-who in the country, including working for former presidents Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki, but suggests that he has not lost his common touch. In fact, he maintains an uncommon panache. ....

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Kenyan hospitals turn into medical 'detention camps


Kenyan hospitals turn into medical detention camps
HEALTH & SCIENCE
 Mr James Obonyo who had been detained in a private hospital in Nakuru after he failed to offset a medical bill. January 19, 2019. [Caroline Chebet, Standard]
Private hospitals have often been turned into prisons for patients with pending medical bills. Most are detained in isolation rooms with 24 security surveillance. Most face hunger and other forms of mistreatment. Medical bills later escalate into millions of shillings over the time a patient is held in detention.
Take James Obonyo, 58. The father of five had medical arrears which saw him detained in a private hospital in Nakuru County where he was admitted at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for three days from April 12, last year. He was unable to raise the Sh492, 000 bill upon discharge on April 19. ....

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