'That was not healthcare, it was theft'- Ruto on old health system
He credited 107,800 Community Health Promoters, deployed under a shared financing arrangement between national and county governments, with reaching more than nine million households and referring over 750,000 people for further treatment.
President William Ruto during the official opening of the Kenya Health Summit at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Nairobi, August 18,2026.
Speaking on Tuesday, August 18, at the opening of the Kenya Health Summit at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Ruto described the old system as opaque and vulnerable to abuse.
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