The State Minister, for health in charge of general duties, Sarah opendi says there is need to amend the local government Act to have a provision that blocks illiterate people from vying for political positions at all local government levels.
According
to her due to lack of this provision is the reason why political leaders at
local councils, parishes among others are being allowed to participate on
different positions yet their levels of education cannot help them to fully
monitor and inspect government activities for better service delivery.
She was
speaking while officiating the launch of a new report dubbed ‘’ Achieving
equity in health, are public private partnerships the solution?
The
report published by initiative for social and economic rights (ISER) indicates
that to achieve universal health coverage, investing in a quality and equitable
public health system should be prioritized both by the government and donors.
The
minister has also used the same platform to warn
medical workers to stop spending all their time on
whatsapp and social media instead of serving the communities.
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