WIN OVER TERRORISM

Sigh of relief as new Basuba health centre opened

Most dispensaries in the ward were torched by al Shabaab in 2014.

In Summary
  • The health centre will serve the over 3,000 residents of five Boni villages
  • The facility cost the county government Sh7 million.

 

Basuba ward residents have reason to be happy after the opening of a Sh7 million health centre at Kiangwe village six years since terrorists torched their dispensaries.

They have been without a medical facility since 2014 when al Shabaab militants looted, vandalised and torched their dispensaries.

The health centre will serve the over 3,000 residents from the Boni villages of Kiangwe, Basuba, Mangai, Mararani and Milimani.

Lamu Medical Services chief officer Mohamed Kombo said the new facility is fully equipped with drugs, equipment and staff.

“We can’t allow terrorism to win and that’s why we are ensuring our people continue to access the services they need,” Kombo said.

 

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