Gibore Maroah. General Secretary/C.E.O. KUCO@maroag7
@kUCOofficial STATEMENT ON THE DILAPIDATED ISHIALA LEVEL 4 HOSPITAL – EMBU COUNTY
On 15th April 2026, KUCO GS alongside other health workers, conducted a fact finding mission at Ishiala.
What we found on the ground is not a hospital it is a collapse of leadership, accountability, and humanity.
The truth is painful but clear:
The community was RIGHT.
Health workers have been RIGHT for over 3 years.
The County Government chose to IGNORE, THREATEN, and ABANDON.
A so called “Level 4 Hospital” is operating below Level 2 standards:
1 Clinical Officer handling outpatient service instead of a minimum of 8
No functional theatre
No specialized clinics
1 nurse covering BOTH maternity & paediatric wards (maternity and paediatrics) is one without the required amenities like toilets, water, and bathrooms.
Crumbling, deserted infrastructure, as the pictures attached.
This is not just mismanagement; it is criminal negligence, and a setup for healthcare providers.
Healthcare workers are overworked, unpaid for overtime, denied leave, and silenced through intimidation. Meanwhile, leaders sit comfortably as the system rots.
Serious questions must be answered by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council @KmpdcOfficial :
1. Who licensed this facility as Level 4?
2. Were inspections ever done?
3. Or is regulation now just a rubber stamp?
And now the most disturbing reality:
When the community demanded better healthcare, they were met with bullets.
Two lives lost, not because of crime, but because of a failing system and failed leadership.
We are calling on the Senate of Kenya @Senate_KE to urgently intervene:
Summon Embu leadership
Launch a full inquiry, Hold those responsible accountable.
The Kenya Health Professional Oversight Authority to immediately do joint inspections and the KMPDC to closs down the facility.
We demand immediate takeover by the Ministry of Health Kenya: Restore staffing. Rehabilitate infrastructure, and Save lives.
If @CecilyMbarire and the County Governments of Embu cannot provide basic healthcare, it has no moral authority to retain that function underthe Constitution.
This is bigger than Embu. This is about whether Kenyans must die before leaders act.
Enough silence. Enough excuses. Enough deaths.
@WilliamsRuto,
@_KithureKindiki, @citizentvkenya, @HonAdenDuale, @psmuthoni, @fnoluga, @tv47upnews, @knumlo_official, @KNUNOFFICIAL, @KTNNewsKE
@ntvkenya, @kmpdu,
#Ishiala
#HealthCrisisKE
#AccountabilityNow
