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Inside the maternity unit at Maralal Hospital. [Mercy Kahenda, Standard]
For years, pregnant women in Kiwawa Ward in West Pokot County were forced to travel long distances to neighbouring Uganda in search of maternity services due to the lack of a maternity facility in the area.
However, the situation has now changed following the construction of a modern maternity hospital through a partnership between the West Pokot County Government and the Safaricom M-Pesa Foundation.
Speaking after touring the facility in Kiwawa Ward, West Pokot Governor Simon Kachapin said the county government would fully equip the hospital with modern medical equipment to improve maternal healthcare services in the area.
