After West Media Limited highlighted problems that were facing Milo Health Centre in Sitikho ward of Webuye West Constituency, residents have got a relief after the debt that the hospital owed KPLC was cleared.
Read about it here, Lack of electricity at Milo Health Centre hindering services.
Operations in the Health Centre resumed Thursday 26th May 2016 after Mr. Albert Mutambo, Principal of Milo Friends Boys High School cleared the Ksh. 14,344 debt.
Speaking to West Media Limited, former councilor for Milo ward Eric Soita alias Molo Mulayi said that residents had lacked medical services following lack of power and therefore thanked the principal for clearing the bill.
“I would like to thank the Principal for Milo Friends Boys High School for stepping in to pay the electricity bill, I asked him to help with clearing the bill and he accepted.” He said.
“He gave me a cheque of Ksh. 14,344 that have cleared the debt for the hospital,” Soita added.
Soita has urged leaders from that region to be accountable on their duties as required and deal with issues that affect the residents who voted them into power.
“Leaders from this region should work fast when such incidents happen, without electricity power in the hospital all operations come to a standstill and our people are the ones who suffer,” he observed.
“Without power patients could not be assisted in laboratories forcing them to strain much going to look for medication elsewhere which is not in order because we have our own health facility here,” he asserted.
He also urged the Governor for Bungoma County Ken Lusaka to intervene and rescue the subordinate staff who works in that health centre saying they have worked for seven months without payment.
“There are subordinate staff that have worked for more than seven months and have never been paid, therefore I urge His Excellency the governor for Bungoma County to intervene with the CEC in charge of Health and make sure that these workers are given their dues,” he reiterated
Residents of Sitikho ward had missed services for two months after Kenya Power and Lightning Company disconnected electricity in the hospital after failing to settle a debt of Ksh. 10, 000.