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St. Mary’s Mumias Hospital in Kenya to Reopen Under Women Religious to Restore “Catholic ethos,” Says Kakamega Bishop

Dec 31, 2025

After months of silence that followed the suspension of services at St. Mary’s Mumias Mission Hospital of the Catholic Diocese of Kakamega in Kenya in early July 2025, fresh details are emerging about the future of the 93-year-old health facility in the West of the East African nation.

Bishop Joseph Obanyi of Kenya's Kakamega Diocese accompanied by Fr. Columban Odhiambo during the blessing of the new 19-bed capacity Renal Unit at St. Mary's Mumias Hospital. The initiative was realized in partnership with Africa Healthcare Network. Credit: St. Mary's Mumias Hospital/Kakamega Diocese

How a Bank Donation Has Made COVID-19 Situation at a Kenyan Catholic Hospital Manageable

Sep 2, 2021

The leadership of St. Mary's Mission Hospital Mumias, one of the Catholic health facilities in Kenya’s Kakamega Diocese, is taking pride in the manner the situation at the facility has transformed, attributing the positive turn of events to a bank donation.

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