Dedan Kimathi’s Widow Discharged After President Ruto Clears Sh1 Million Hospital Bill
Mukami Kimathi, the widow of Kenyan freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi has finally been discharged from Nairobi Hospital.
This comes after President Ruto settled the Sh1,045,883 medical bill that made the health facility detain her.
On Sunday evening, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua visited her at the hospital and confirmed that the president cleared the bill.
"H.E President @WilliamsRuto has cleared the Hospital Bill; Thank you, President William Ruto, for coming through for Mukami Kimathi and her family. You are a true and genuine friend of our people," he Tweeted.
Kimathi’s family had earlier appealed for assistance from Kenyans of goodwill after Mukami was detained at the hospital until the bill is cleared.
Mukami, 101, was reportedly admitted to the facility on January 5th with pneumonia symptoms and was treated and discharged on January 12th.
But she was not allowed to leave the facility as the family was unable to offset the hospital bill, which had accumulated to Sh1,045,883.
“We are calling out on Kenyans of goodwill to come to our aid. We are helpless as we cannot afford the medical bill,” Kimathi’s daughter Miriam told The Standard.
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I think Ruto read Mwakilishi…
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I think Ruto read Mwakilishi comments....
Mama wa Taifa Mheshimiwa…
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Mama wa Taifa Mheshimiwa Mukami amelipiwa deni lake la hospitali na kuweza kuachiliwa kuondoka humo. Je, mamilioni ya wananchi walio na madeni ya hospitali lakini hawajulikani kama Mama Mukami Kimathi watalipiwa madeni yao ya hospitali na nani?
Serikali ya mapwagu na mapwaguzi (hustlers) yaonekana wazi ya kwanba, inawakomboa na kuwaokoa wanaojulikana nchini wala si akina yakhe.
Serikali nzuri iliyo na "utu" yafaa kuwa na msimamo mmoja wa haki unaosisitiza ya kwamba, "Kila mwananchi wa Kenya yuko sawa na mwananchi mwingine wa nchi bila kutazama au kujali tabaka anayotoka au aliyomo."
Those who have cared to read…
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Those who have cared to read my comments,especially after hospital bills of the late Katherine Kasavuli were cleared,I had mentioned that something should be done about this recurring problem.
As noted here, these bills are usually cleared for families with a high profile member, living or dead.That leaves the nobodies for no fault of their own for lacking "high profile" to suffer without help. Thank you Ndugu (Mpya) Daima for stating that:
"Serikali nzuri iliyo na "utu" yafaa kuwa na msimamo mmoja wa haki unaosisitiza ya kwamba, "Kila mwananchi wa Kenya yuko sawa na mwananchi mwingine wa nchi bila kutazama au kujali tabaka anayotoka au aliyomo."
The solution is actually free medical coverage for all.Private option will always be there for the big wigs.
@ Ndugu yangu Maxiley: Kila…
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@ Ndugu yangu Maxiley:
Kila wakati, mimi hutazamia sana kwa hamu nyingi sana kusoma maoni yako kwa jambo fulani na pia kuona mambo unayoangazia hapa. Wewe na pia mimi ni wanafunzi wa Hayati Mpilo Tutu wa COHO a.k.a. Africa (Continent of Human Origins) ya Kusini ambaye alisema, " If you are silent in situations of injustice, you have taken the side of the oppressor."
Hayati Kambarage Borito Nyerere, Rais wa Kwanza wa Jamhuri ya Tanzania alisema, "It can be done, play your part."
She should be on NHIF. Or…
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She should be on NHIF. Or may be Kenyans learn something from the Americans where the government takes over all the property of the elderly, and the elderly becomes a property of the State. Otherwise, we will end up in an unsustainable system where the family makes medical decisions and the government pays the bill. Generally, the bill payer should be involved from day one, not when the bill is at Shs 1M.
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