No, Dr. Amoth, will continue to hold the role of Acting Director-General for Health.

Claim

Patrick Amoth, the acting Director General of Health, has been confirmed as the Director General of Health Services.

Rating Justification

The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is False.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We contacted the Ministry of Health (MoH) for clarification on Patrick Amoth’s status as Director-General for Health, and received confirmation that Dr. Amoth continues to serve in an acting capacity.

We also discovered a communication from Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Susan Nakhumicha dated April 19, 2023, in which the minister communicated 17 interim appointments, including that of the Director-General for Health, which Dr. Amoth has held in an acting capacity for the last four years.

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Dr. Patrick Amoth’s official Twitter account

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