02 june 2021 - 18:32:32 AO/MA Panafrican News Agency
Kenya s health ministry official becomes new Chair of WHO Executive Board
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya s Health Ministry Acting Director General, Dr Patrick Amoth, has been elected to Chair the World Health Organization Executive Board for the next one year, the ministry said on Wednesday
The heart of the scrap
At the heart of the scrap was a claim by Foundation chief executive Shaun Robinson that he was told by an irate Health Ministry Acting Director-General (Mental Health and Addictions) Toni Gutschlag that the Foundation wasnât allowed criticise the Government because the charity received government funding. This was Robinsonâs understanding of what was said and as such guaranteed to be a red rag to a bull even if the bull managed to ensure that its horns were constrained.
Gutschlag counter-claims that her comments were misunderstood. The health sector is riddled with intelligent people frequently talking past each other often due to the stresses they work under so I find it plausible that Gutschlag may believe she never attempted to gag.