Nairobi Women Representative Esther Passaris on Thursday evening caused a scene in a hospital at midnight. The incident occurred when Passaris conducted a late night run to St Mary’s Hospital to release a detained patient.
On her way out, she noticed a drunk staffer along the corridors of the hospital. The lack of professionalism from the staffer irked the legislator who alleged that the drunk officer had confronted her.
Being confronted by a drunk employee at St Mary’s Hospital. https://t.co/dGB39S0ThO
— Hon. Esther M Passaris (@EstherPassaris) December 6, 2018
She later sought clarification on the situation from the security guards who were on-duty.
“Can he go into a ward and rape a woman? Are you sure? What is he doing in the facility if he is drunk? He is an employee, he is drunk, and he is confronting me. You are security, and you have let him go in, a drunk man who doesn’t have control of his senses,” she can be heard addressing the security guard at the entrance.
“This is a hospital with vulnerable women and patients. We know about patients being raped. What is a drunk employee doing at the hospital facility after midnight?” she continued.
The video has however been criticized by netizens with most of them accusing the legislator of engaging in PR stunts.
You are a good person but here you are talking tough coz the camera is rolling. There are set regulations to deal with such cases.
— Fleks N™ (@fleks13) December 7, 2018
Wacha PR! How did you intervene? You have started to use social media pia wewe? Thats pure PR!!!
— Den. mwi. (@DennisM292) December 7, 2018
The way women reps are straining to find something to do.. Busy bodies
— Déported Palmer?? (@Kenyan_Deportee) December 7, 2018