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Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale said 11 members of the patient’s family had been quarantined, while 23 healthcare workers from Nairobi Hospital who attended to him had also been identified and placed under monitoring.
Silverstein first treated Moi in 1977, when he was Vice President, and remained his personal physician for 42 years until the former president’s death in February 2020.
Basic Education Principal Secretary John Ololtuaa, while announcing the death, said Konchellah passed away on June 12, 2026, after battling illness for several months and undergoing treatment at Nairobi Hospital.
The Nairobi Senator said the uncertainty surrounding the arrest heightened fears about the treatment Dr Obwaka would face while in custody, particularly given his advanced age and health condition.
The veteran doctor and director of the Nairobi Hospital will be buried after a memorial service scheduled for May 13 at CITAM Valley Road in Nairobi, according to a death and funeral announcement published on May 6.
The hospital described him as a long-serving admitting consultant who earned respect for his professionalism, medical expertise, and commitment to patients over many years of practice.
Dr Obwaka died on Friday evening at 7 pm at Nairobi Hospital, where he had worked for many years treating patients and guiding younger doctors. According to a source at the facility, he had been rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
His family said he passed away on Friday evening after being rushed to the facility where he had served for many years, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Nairobi Hospital says patient services remain uninterrupted as leaders dismiss claims of missing billions, outline revenues and debts, and link turmoil to a governance dispute and past board decisions.
In a statement on March 16, 2026, State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohamed said President Ruto has received numerous written memoranda and representations over the past several months from stakeholders of the Kenya Hospital Association.
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner found that a hospital employee secretly recorded the patient during treatment and later allowed the content to appear in advertising campaigns, violating the Data Protection Act.
The clarification comes amid a looming standoff with eight leading insurance companies that have suspended their services at the facility