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October 17, 2025
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DR RICHARD MOGENI: Patients at Risk Under Kenya’s New Health Bill

DR RICHARD MOGENI: Patients at Risk Under Kenya’s New Health Bill

The uncomfortable truth is that most adverse outcomes in Kenyan hospitals are not caused by reckless negligence but by systemic failures – chronic staff and drugs shortages, broken equipment, overcrowded wards, and the overwhelming demand on underfunded facilities. - Kenya brea..

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Kenya's proposed Quality Healthcare and Patient Safety Bill, 2025, intended to safeguard patients, is critically flawed, according to Dr. Richard Mogeni. He argues that the Bill's punitive measures, including fines up to KSh 50 million and ten years imprisonment, risk fostering a culture of fear, silence, and corruption rather than improving patient care.

  • The Bill threatens to undermine the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) system by penalizing health workers for reporting errors.
  • Dr. Mogeni, a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, emphasizes that most adverse outcomes stem from systemic failures like chronic staff shortages and underfunded facilities, not deliberate negligence.
  • He advocates for parliamentary action to distinguish between deliberate misconduct and systemic error, protect learning systems, and hold the government accountable for healthcare deficiencies.

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