PSVs strike disrupts health care, patients walk to hospitals
Fuel protests and the matatu strike disrupted healthcare services nationwide, leaving patients stranded, delaying treatment and affecting hospital operations...
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A nationwide Public Service Vehicle (PSV) strike, driven by soaring fuel prices, has severely disrupted healthcare services across Kenya, leaving patients struggling to reach hospitals.
- Patients like Imbusi Alusiola, an 84-year-old man needing urgent medical attention, are stranded due to the lack of transport.
- In Nairobi, patients like James Nyaga and Derick Ochieng were forced to walk long distances to facilities like Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), with increased fares for the few available options.
- Essential healthcare services including deliveries, immunisation, and ARV refills were disrupted at facilities like Forest Dispensary in Kakamega.
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PSV Strike Disrupts Healthcare, Triggers Business Losses and Legal Action - May 2026
A nationwide Public Service Vehicle strike driven by soaring fuel prices severely disrupted healthcare services across Kenya, leaving patients struggling to reach hospitals. The Law Society of Kenya subsequently filed a lawsuit challenging the Kenya Kwanza administration's new fuel prices, citing an opaque pricing formula and mismanagement of the Sh5 billion Petroleum Development Levy Fund. Meanwhile, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja appealed to financial institutions for loan relief for matatu operators following the strike, which was suspended for a week of negotiations with the government. Kenyan businesses are tallying significant losses following the protests against rising fuel prices, which were marred by looting and destruction of property.
