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I’ve just received another DM , this time from Kitui.
The man in the photo is Muli.
He says he was bitten twice by a snake believed to be a puff adder.
He rushed to two government hospitals.
There was no anti-venom.
His life was saved only because he managed to reach the Kitui Military Border Police Hospital, where anti-venom was available.
Receipts below.
My people, pause and think.
What happens to those who live far from that military camp & let's say they've been bitten by a mamba ?
What would happened to him if there was police hospital In the area or if he was very far away ?
What happens to a villager with no transport, no connections, no second option & yet their nearest govt hospital has no antivenom?
We are told county hospitals are ready.
The stories Kenyans are sharing say otherwise.
Let's all demand
All hospitals be equipped with antivenom & essential medicines
Healthcare should not depend on luck or proximity to a military camp.
My people, I repeat this plea to the Ministry of Health .
Equip ALL hospitals with antivenom.
Equip ALL hospitals with antivenom.
Equip ALL hospitals with antivenom.
A snake does not ask for your party
It does not care who you voted for.
This is not politics.
This is life and death.
And while at it,
Equip our hospitals with essential medicines.
The poor should not die from what the government can prevent.
My people, some of you asked me to offer solutions instead of always pointing out, and that’s fair.
So here’s one practical idea that could save lives that I’ve been thinking about.
Many snakebite deaths, especially among pregnant women and children, happen because of poor coordination and delayed access to antivenom.
I propose a free national hotline under the MoH or county referral hospitals.
If bitten, a patient or caregiver calls the number, shares their location or landmark details, their nearest facility name, and proceeds to the nearest facility.
The hotline team immediately:
1) Confirms antivenom availability in that facility
And if it's not available
2) Coordinates transfers of antivenom from other nearby facilities
3) And guides the patient in real time through a phone call on which hospital to head to.
4)Where possible, deploys a nurse via ambulance to administer antivenom early
5)Improve hospital-to-hospital communication on transfer of patients etc
For example:
If you’re bitten by a snake in Ruiru, you immediately call the hotline as you head to hospital and provide the information.
If it's not available, they communicate with the nearest hospitals and pharmacies to confirm availability and delivery. If not available, they advise the patient to head towards a respective hospital that has it. Als,o they organize the transfer of the medicine from hsopital with it to a hospital closer to the patient's direction. And even deploy a nurse to head and meet the patient midway on an ambulance or whatever.
No panic. No guesswork. Just faster care, and lives saved.
This is about saving Kenyan lives, nothing more.
If you agree, please share and tag our leaders.
If you have better ideas, add them.
My fellow Kenyans,
What I am asking for is simple and affects all of us.
Every hospital must have snake anti-venom and other life-saving drugs.
I know some of you support the govt, that is okay.
For once, let’s put politics aside and speak as human beings.
Any one of us can be bitten by a snake.
Imagine your wife, your child, or your parent rushed to a clinic, no anti-venom.
Then to a sub-county hospital, still none.
And you watch them die, powerless.
Let’s choose empathy.
This is why we must demand the Ministry of Health, CS Aden Duale, PS Muthoni, and counties to stock anti-venom in all hospitals immediately.
If there is money for PR, helicopters, and non-urgent spending, there must be money for life-saving drugs.
This is not politics.
Snakes don’t ask for party cards.
Today it is someone else. Tomorrow it could be any of us.
Equip all hospitals with antivenom.
Equip all hospitals with antivenom.
After sharing the Tana River Bridge area snake bite tragedy, a fellow Kenyan DM’d me another story, just as painful.
And I’m honestly heartbroken
In Teso, Busia, a pregnant woman, Deborah Wanyama, was bitten by a snake recently. She screamed for help and was rushed to Kamolo Dispensary.
There was no anti-venom.
She was referred to Kocholia Sub-County Hospital.
Still no anti-venom.
She was then rushed to Bungoma. She arrived dead, together with her unborn child.
Two counties. Multiple hospitals. Zero anti-venom.
My people,
This is not a coincidence. This is a shortage.
This is a system failure. This is a failure by the Ruto govt
Yes, health is devolved, but Govt too plays a very important role in this through the MOH & so they can't run away from this
While we are told "go to Level 2 or 3 hospitals and get UHC treatment," essential drugs are missing.
No pregnant woman should die from a snake bite in Kenya.
No family should lose a mother because the government lied about healthcare.
This is painful. And it is unacceptable.
I’ve just watched a disturbing report on NTV from Tana River.
And I am deeply shaken tonight.
A pregnant woman was bitten by a snake, believed to be a cobra or black mamba. (image of the snake below)
She was moved from hospital to hospital, where she was turned away due to a lack of antivenom
She finally reached Hola Referral(the largest government hospital in the county), and there, too, was no anti-venom.
Both she and the unborn child passed away.
And you see some people shout TUTAM & push hashtags here on X.
In present-day Kenya, no govt hospital should lack a basic life-saving drug.
No pregnant woman should die from a snake bite.
No one should die from snake bites
While government officials push hashtags about "fixing healthcare," the reality in our counties tells a different story.
This pain is unnecessary.
This loss was preventable.
Kenya deserves better.
@shikumungai_ Kenyans have adopted a terrible driving culture. Selfishness. Chaos. People do not like order. Because why overlap if the car ahead slows down?
The chaos on Mombasa road around syokimau, Mlolongo, the GM u-turn…..is beneath Kenya in 2025. And is selfishness.
@FaibaJTL Hello Faiba. I have been trying to get your service but they keep promising to call me back but don’t. Do you cover Greatwall Gardens Athi River?