Kenyan socialite and entrepreneur Huddah Monroe has issued a strong message to political leaders, urging them to channel public resources into improving the country’s healthcare system instead of seeking treatment abroad.
Through a series of Instagram stories, the Rich Beauty CEO criticised the persistent culture of wealthy politicians and businesspeople flying overseas for medical care while local hospitals remain underfunded and ill-equipped.
Huddah said it was disheartening to watch prominent figures die in foreign hospitals when they could have received treatment in Kenya if proper facilities were in place. She emphasised that proximity to family and emotional support during illness plays a critical role in recovery.
“For the rest of the living humans in politics, stop looting money and investing it outside the country. Remember, old age is knocking! Would you rather fly in a doctor or fly your sick body? By the time you land in India or the USA, your organs have already started eating each other,” she wrote.
She added that developing advanced medical infrastructure locally would allow leaders to receive dignified care in their own country.
“At home, in your presidential hospital suite, a doctor would be there monitoring you and giving you the treatment you deserve. You could even live another 20 years or more,” she noted.
Huddah urged those in power to use public funds responsibly, arguing that future generations deserve access to world-class medical care within Kenya’s borders.
“Seeing our leaders and wealthy businessmen still dying outside the country and not at home next to their loved ones is really heartbreaking. A good hospital makes all the difference being around family and friends gives you hope, and hope is essential for healing,” she said.
Her remarks come days after the passing of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died in India while undergoing treatment. Odinga, aged 80, was widely celebrated for his decades-long struggle for democracy and justice in Kenya.
