The Council of Governors on Wednesday ordered counties to shut down their operations following a biting cash crunch that has seen workers go without pay for three months.
In Embu, the county referral hospital was a ghost health facility after medics withdrew their services over delayed salaries and non-payment of Covid-19 allowances.
Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi said the county will rely on its own revenue to finance only critical health services.
A host of counties on Thursday stopped offering non-essential services, with signals of an even bigger crisis after county assemblies said they would follow suit and shut down from next week if money is not released.
The Council of Governors (CoG) on Wednesday ordered counties to shut down their operations following a biting cash crunch that has seen workers go without pay for three months.
