SUSPENDED IN MIDAIR
Since 1980, hospitals managed by missionaries in Kenya have received by the Government 36 million of shellini for the ordinary expenses and 6 million for development, every year.
“Suspended in midair” is a report on the current condition of mission hospitals in Kenya.
Most of Kenyans agree that all the essential instruments for the advancement of Kenyan people, especially those for medical care, were usually initiated by churches and religions, and that were the only ones, or nevertheless the more efficient, developing instruments for many years.
However, after the Structural Adjustment Programmes, the mission hospitals risk an imminent shutdown of their services.
The Structural Adjustment Programs, required by Foreign Governments to Kenya, as well as to every other developing countries, unfortunately led to a withdrawal of state funds, with public sector and spending cuts, privatization and taxes. This is a serious debt situation that burdens on these medical units of the missions, inhibiting any new initiative , or even just the replacement of old medical tools and diagnostic machines.
“Suspended in midair” is a report on the current condition of mission hospitals in Kenya.
Most of Kenyans agree that all the essential instruments for the advancement of Kenyan people, especially those for medical care, were usually initiated by churches and religions, and that were the only ones, or nevertheless the more efficient, developing instruments for many years.
However, after the Structural Adjustment Programmes, the mission hospitals risk an imminent shutdown of their services.
The Structural Adjustment Programs, required by Foreign Governments to Kenya, as well as to every other developing countries, unfortunately led to a withdrawal of state funds, with public sector and spending cuts, privatization and taxes. This is a serious debt situation that burdens on these medical units of the missions, inhibiting any new initiative , or even just the replacement of old medical tools and diagnostic machines.