Ambassador OKANIWA Ken pays a courtesy call on Sen. Kiplagat Jackson MANDAGO, Senator for Uasin Gishu County and Chairperson of Senate Health Committee.

On 8th May 2024, H.E. Ambassador OKANIWA Ken paid a courtesy call on Sen. Kiplagat Jackson MANDAGO, Senator for Uasin Gishu County and Chairperson of Senate Health Committee. Sen. MANDAGO expressed his gratitude to Japan’s longstanding cooperation in the health sector, and as the former Uasin Gishu governor, he emphasized the needs of capacity building for health sector staff at the county level, since health is a devolved function. They had fruitful discussions on further cooperation including building capacity to ensure accountability of health budget at national and county levels, and digital data management of patient information in line with the Digital Health Act.