‘I don’t care how you report it:’ Inside Duale’s pattern of deflection when faced with tough questions Reporters admit they now avoid raising certain questions with him for fear of the rude response that might follow. Health Just now Listen

Nobody in the press corps knows which version of him will show up when they ask a question: the one who sends a substantive response, the one who answers a question with another question, the one who tells a reporter to turn their media house into a health facility, or the one who simply says "I don't care how you report it" and ends the conversation.

The pattern began to take shape on June 8, 2026, when a Nation reporter contacted the CS on WhatsApp to ask why construction of the Laikipia Ebola quarantine facility was ongoing despite a High Court conservatory order.

Nation has documented a series of exchanges with CS Duale across some of the most serious public health stories of 2026: the Laikipia Ebola facility, the Social Health Authority (SHA) financial crisis and the hospital payment scandal.