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Parliament has pledged to push for urgent reforms to improve the management of haemophilia in Kenya, following a petition highlighting severe gaps in access to care and treatment.
Patients with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders are urging Kenya’s parliament to act as donor support dwindles, warning of a looming treatment crisis.
Poor road networks and difficult terrain often delay access to health facilities, a situation worsened by insecurity in some areas.
Ye described a particularly difficult period in early 2025, when poor mental health left him feeling out of touch with reality, overly suspicious of others, and prone to acting without thinking.
In the period leading up to his death, Wambugu had appealed publicly for financial support to undergo a bone marrow transplant, a procedure estimated to cost about Sh9 million.
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