Inspector General Joseph Boinnet and the Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI )have been put on the spot for ignoring calls to help in the arrest of rogue doctors like Mugo Wairimu.
Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board Chief Executive Daniel Yumbya blamed failure to act on lack of police reinforcement.
Yumbya intimated to the Nation that he had written twice to the two requesting for police officers to be fully attached to the board to apprehend rogue medics.
The letters were written in April but they are yet to receive any response.
One of the letter read that, the board as a regulatory law enforcement agency has various cases that require constant follow-up and investigation to ensure the culprits, including Mugo, do not elude justice due.
“With police officers on board, we can even make arrests at night. We must be very careful with the emerging trend of quacks purporting to practice medicine,” Yumbya mentioned.
“Some clinics where these quacks operate are in insecure places that our officers cannot go to on their own. That is why we need police officers to accompany them.”
Currently, the board is probing over 30 people arrested for allegedly running unlicensed clinics.
As the board waits for a response on the request for police officers it has introduced a mobile solution number enabling patients to verify the status of medical facilities.
"Once a patient gets to a hospital, they should send the number of the facility to 20547. They will then get a response on whether the clinic is registered," remarked the chief executive.
