In pleasing news, our flag has been raised high by a young health guru who has been elected as the new president of all health workers in the world.
The current secretary general of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union Ouma Oluga will now lead the global coalition of medical workers for two years beginning this week.
Oluga said the development grants Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union the opportunity to advocate for the employment of more skilled health workers in Kenya to support the Universal Health Coverage.
He graduated from Moi University’s School of Medicine in 2010.
Oluga was jailed in February 2017 for leading a 100-day nationwide strike over a labour dispute between doctors and the government.
In the days prior to incarceration, he rallied doctors and the public to champion for more employment of health workers.
He later signed the first-ever public health sector agreements between KMPDU and the 47 devolved governments and the National Government.
Currently, Oluga attends to patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital as a frontline health worker.
He will graduate with a Masters of Medicine in Internal Medicine from the University of Nairobi this year.