{
  "id": 2079482,
  "title": "Ruto: Government will engage Pfizer, other drugmakers to lower prices of critical medicines",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/ruto-government-will-engage-pfizer-other-drugmakers-to-lower-prices",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T05:20:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBC",
    "slug": "kbc",
    "url": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/ruto-government-to-engage-pfizer-other-drugmakers-to-lower-prices-of-critical-medicines/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Government will engage more international pharmaceutical manufacturers on the reduction of prices of critical medicine required to treat Kenyans living with chronic diseases, President William Ruto has said. This follows feedback from Kenyans, at the second and last day of the Kenya Health Summit, who said the cost of drugs for treating non-communicable diseases, […] The post Ruto: Government…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}