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Heavenly mission, earthly war: Doctor, nuns fight for hospitals

Entrance of the St Mary's Mission hospital, Langata, Nairobi. [File, Standard]

About 28 years ago, an American priest and physician, William Charles Fryda, embarked on a noble mission to provide compassionate, affordable health care to Kenya’s vulnerable and low-income communities.

What began as a shared vision with the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN) has evolved into one of the country’s most protracted and bitter legal disputes over the ownership and control of St Mary’s Mission hospitals in Lang’ata, Nairobi, and Elementaita near Gilgil in Nakuru County.

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