Kenyans in the first week of 2024 woke up to a disturbing video of a woman who was allegedly threatening a healthcare worker at a hospital in Busia.
The video which went viral, captured a man preparing to attend to a patient, and a woman allegedly using inappropriate language to a female nurse.
In the video, the woman is captured tossing objects from a nurse's desk while allegedly hurling insults.
At one point, she even attempted to confront the nurse, throwing jabs and continuing to disrupt the health worker's workspace by throwing objects.
The woman is captured on camera threatening to call someone while the man also was on a call with another person, requesting their presence at the facility.
“Harakisha ukuje hapa saa hii," she was heard saying on the phone.
This loosely translates to Hurry up and come here right now, we have an emergency here!”
At this moment, the woman and the man looked at the room and realised they were being recorded and left the scene
Reports suggest that the two individuals had brought a person to the facility and demanded immediate attention, even ahead of other patients already waiting for treatment.
When informed that they could not jump the queue, they reportedly caused a disturbance and invoked the name of a government official.
As a result, the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists Union has called for the arrest of two individuals.
KMPDU secretary general Davji Atellah has condemned the incident, urging relevant authorities to take swift action and apprehend the culprits.
"This behaviour is rudimentary, illegal, and immoral. The attitude and actions of politicians and their associates, threatening healthcare workers at their workplace, must be addressed," he emphasized.
"The safety of healthcare workers is compromised in such facilities. Urgent measures are needed to ensure that the perpetrators of this heinous act are promptly brought to justice."
