National Assembly Committee Tours Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital

The National Assembly's Committee on Implementation, led by Member of Parliament (MP) Raphael Wanjala, embarked on a nationwide exercise to evaluate referral hospitals across the country. The committee toured Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret to assess the quality and standards of healthcare services provided at the facility. The legislators inspected several key departments, including the cancer unit, the Linear Accelerator (LINAC) facility, and the cardiac catheterization laboratory, to identify challenges facing referral hospitals and ensure they receive adequate government support.

Key Takeaways:

• The National Assembly's Committee on Implementation, led by MP Raphael Wanjala, conducted a nationwide exercise to evaluate referral hospitals across the country.
• The committee toured Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret to assess the quality and standards of healthcare services provided at the facility.
• The legislators inspected departments such as the cancer unit, the Linear Accelerator (LINAC) facility, and the cardiac catheterization laboratory to identify challenges facing referral hospitals.
• MTRH Chief Executive Officer Dr. Philip Kirwa welcomed the visit, highlighting the hospital's ongoing programs such as chemotherapy and outpatient blood transfusion services.
• Dr. Kirwa noted that the hospital continues to face significant pressure from a large influx of patients from Western Kenya and parts of East Africa, due to limited staff and infrastructure.
• The hospital is facing human resources challenges, with doctors attending to as many as 300 patients a day, and inadequate bed capacity resulting in long waiting times for admission and treatment.
• The MPs also plan to inspect the Eldoret-Ziwa-Kachibora road to assess its implementation progress and proceed to Baringo County to review the status of a dam project.
• The committee will spend two days in the North Rift region, with field visits scheduled for the first day and boardroom deliberations set for the second day.

Statistics:

• 300 patients per day: The number of patients that doctors at MTRH are required to attend to in a single day.
• 10-15 minutes: The minimum amount of time each doctor has to consult with patients.
• 1,000 patients: The estimated number of patients seeking outpatient care at MTRH each month.
• 30 patients: The number of patients currently receiving pacemaker insertions at the hospital's Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.
• The volume of patients from Western Kenya and parts of East Africa, including the DRC, that are being treated at MTRH.

Sources:

• Kenya News Agency: 08 Sep 2025 (National Assembly's Committee on Implementation Visits Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital)
• Interview with MTRH Chief Executive Officer Dr. Philip Kirwa (as quoted in the Kenya News Agency article)