Council of Governors cunducts a workshop for People with disabilities Council

The workshop is timely, coming on the heels of the just-concluded capacity-building of county directors of health on the new disability medical assessment and categorization guidelines developed by the Ministry of Health. Under the new guidelines, the mandate of signing disability medical assessment reports is now with the counties, through the county directors of health. The roles of the counties as per this directive include:

I. Conducting assessment of persons with disabilities,

ii. Booking and keeping records of clients

iii. Acquiring conducive and accessible assessment premises

iv. Avail, acquire and ensure proper use of all necessary tools and equipment

v. Refer clients for appropriate intervention where necessary.

vi. Submit DULY FILLED and signed assessment reports to relevant authorities.

In his address, the Executive Director Harun Hassan noted the goodwill exuded by the Council of Governors in making efforts to ease access to service delivery for persons with disabilities in the counties. He also urged CECs to create policies and programmes that ensure the availability of resources necessary to sustain the disability assessment process, including making it free of charge.

The workshop was opened by the Chair – COG Health Committee H.E. Governor Muthomi Njuki, who also invited NCPWD to identify ways of working together to serve persons with disabilities in Tharaka Nithi county and beyond.

Also in attendance were the Ministry of Health, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Amref, PATH, Development Partners in Health Kenya (DPHK), Jacaranda Health among others.