WOMEN MPS TELL RUTO TO FIRE NAKHUMICHA.

President William Ruto has instructed women MPs to remove embattled Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha due to the current doctors' strike and her ministry's refusal to extend the Linda Mama insurance for expectant moms.

Speaking at a press conference yesterday, over ten female MPs from opposing parties asserted that Nakhumicha had abandoned expectant mothers, claiming that hospitals are refusing to admit them for delivery due to the card's malfunction.

Under the leadership of Representatives Millie Odhiambo (Suba North), Gathoni wa Muchomba (Githunguri), Zam Zam Mohammed (Mombasa Woman Rep), and Gertrude Mbeyu (Kilifi Woman Rep), the MPs contended that expectant mothers who are due in late April, May, or June face a crisis because they have nowhere to go in addition to the ongoing doctors' strike.

While they wait for the new plan to go into effect in July, they lamented that the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) is likewise not operating in the majority of hospitals.

The action comes after the ministry decided not to renew the card due to the collapse of all health insurance plans caused by the new Social Health Insurance Fund.

Mbeyu said, "Nakhumicha, what's wrong with you? Why are you bullying everyone?" We are now treating expectant mothers, according to experts; this is serious. She should be relieved of her responsibilities if the President truly cares about women. Nakhumicha needs to leave.

Hours before Nakhumicha visited the national legislature this afternoon to discuss the ongoing doctor's strikes, the MPs expressed their opinions.

MPs will have enough time to ask any questions they may have concerning Speaker Moses Wetang'ula, he said Tuesday. "I'm going to give you an extra hour to ask any questions you have about her since the CS will be here tomorrow."

Timothy Wanyonyi, a Westlands MP, asked a question that Nakhumicha is expected to answer. The MP wanted to know why there are delays in deploying intern doctors.

Examines the Wednesday afternoon order sheet: "Delay in implementing the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists & Dentists Union and the Government signed in 2017," including the posting of medical interns.

The MPs begged Nakhumicha to stop placing them in a position where they can't protect her when they spoke at yesterday's news conference.

When she appears before the plenary this afternoon, she will need to provide a table with information on the number of pregnant women or their kids who have died during delivery.

They contended that, as a mother, she ought to have devised a temporary solution that might have been implemented while they awaited the new plan's operationalization.

To make sure that expectant mothers receive the necessary medical attention, Odhiambo granted Nakhumicha five days to resolve the existing card issue.

 Sort the problem.

"If I, who am not a mother, can experience a mother's pain, then why can't you, Nakhumicha?" she uttered. Because of the precarious situation you have put us in, as women, we want to protect you but are unable to do so. Please resolve this matter in the upcoming five days.

According to Wa Muchomba, vulnerable pregnant moms are facing tremendous challenges since hospitals are refusing to admit them, leaving them with nowhere to go.

"It is illogical for us to believe that women who are due in April, May, or June must wait until July when the new health insurance plan goes into effect," the woman stated.