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Uproar over downgrade of 100 rural private hospitals
Dr Brian Lishenga (centre), Chairman of the Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (Rupha) leading his members in addressing journalists in the past.
The Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (Rupha) has protested the downgrade of 100 hospitals in two counties, terming it irregular.
In a June 30, 2025 letter to the Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC), David Kariuki, Rupha expressed concern that the facilities in Kisii and Nyamira have been downgraded from the Kenya Essential Health Facilities (KEPH) Level 3 to Level 2, despite having renewed their licences in January under the same categories now in question.
