Bungoma District Hospital

What Bungoma District Hospital does

Bungoma District Hospital is a public county health facility operating under the County Government of Bungoma in western Kenya. It delivers preventive, curative, and rehabilitative healthcare services to residents of Bungoma County, operating as a direct walk-in and referral node within the Kenyan public healthcare system. The facility is governed by the devolved county government structure led by Governor H.E. Rt. Hon. Kenneth Makelo Lusaka, and is part of the county's Health and Sanitation Department.

The hospital operates with a headcount of approximately 59 employees. No specific medical service lines, clinical technology platforms, electronic health record systems, medical equipment inventory, or health technology products are documented in the available source material; the only web presence identified maps to the general County Government of Bungoma website (bungoma.go.ke) rather than to a dedicated hospital portal. The facility's contact channels include the county's general contact numbers and email ([email protected]).

Its business model is government-funded public healthcare delivery under Kenya's devolved system. The hospital does not operate as a commercial enterprise; it does not disclose pricing, charge commercial rates, or generate revenue from private contracts. Funding flows from Bungoma County budget allocations, with the county currently engaged in the MTEF 2026/2027–2028/2029 and CFSP 2026 fiscal planning cycle. Revenue is therefore a function of county appropriations and intergovernmental transfers rather than direct patient billing, and no commercial revenue, ARR, or budget allocation figure specific to the hospital is disclosed.

Name

Bungoma District Hospital

Legal name

County Government of Bungoma

Website

https://bungoma.go.ke

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Administration of Public Health Programs (92312)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK), County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Preventive healthcare
• Curative healthcare
• Rehabilitative health services
• County healthcare facility

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Bungoma District Hospital is a public county-level hospital operated under the County Government of Bungoma in Kenya. It provides preventive, curative, and rehabilitative healthcare services to residents of Bungoma County and surrounding areas. As part of the county's Health & Sanitation Department, it delivers accessible and affordable medical care to the local population.

Product overview

The source data pertains to the County Government of Bungoma website (bungoma.go.ke), not to Bungoma District Hospital as a distinct entity. No specific hospital products, medical services, or health technology products are described in the available source content. The website contains information about various county government departments and services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Preventive Healthcare Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Recent moves2 records

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Broad incumbents

• Kenyatta National Hospital: Kenya's largest public teaching and referral hospital in Nairobi. Operates in the same public healthcare delivery system, sets national clinical standards, and is the apex referral destination for complex cases.
• Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital: Kenya's second national referral hospital, located in Eldoret. A larger public-sector player in the same Western Kenya healthcare corridor, providing the upper-tier referral destination for cases Bungoma District Hospital cannot handle.
• Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi: Kenya's leading private not-for-profit tertiary hospital. Anchors the high-end private segment that Bungoma patients are referred to for specialist care, shaping competitive dynamics for public-hospital retention.
• Coast General Teaching & Referral Hospital: A large public teaching/referral hospital in Mombasa under the national Ministry of Health. Comparable as a publicly funded general hospital delivering secondary/tertiary care, though in a different region.

Emerging players

• Jumuia Friends Hospital Kaimosi: A faith-based hospital in Vihiga County, Western Kenya, providing general and mission-led healthcare in the same regional catchment. Competes for patients on affordability and community trust in a similar rural setting.

Direct peers

• Webuye County Hospital: A district-level public hospital within Bungoma County itself, offering overlapping general/curative services to a similar Western Kenya catchment. Directly comparable in scale, ownership, and service mix.
• Kakamega General Hospital: A county-run general hospital in neighboring Kakamega County, Western Kenya. Operates under the same devolved county-government model and serves a comparable rural/peri-urban catchment, making it the closest operational and structural peer.
• Kitale County Referral Hospital: Trans-Nzoia County's main public referral facility in Western Kenya. Comparable as a county-government-administered general hospital serving a similarly rural population in the same region.

Others

• Bungoma County Government (Health & Sanitation Department): The parent county administration that funds, supervises, and procures for the hospital. Operationally adjacent rather than competitive, but the single most important institutional counterparty for Bungoma District Hospital.
• National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF): Kenya's national health insurance purchaser. Not a provider, but a critical payer/ecosystem partner for any Kenyan public hospital — its accreditation and reimbursement framework directly determine facility revenue capture.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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