Unfulfilled promises test the future of Kenya’s healthcare system

 Patients at the waiting bench at Dagoretti Sub County Hospital Mutuini on January 31, 2025. 

Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group

As Kenya steps into 2026, its healthcare sector is still grappling with a widening gap between ambitious policy goals and on-the-ground implementation.

Despite comprehensive frameworks aimed at achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the healthcare system in 2025 exposed deep challenges in funding, staffing and service delivery that continue to undermine progress.

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