Letter from Africa: Doctors take on traditional healers in Kenya

Nairobi - In our series of letters from Africa, journalist Joseph Warungu considers a possible fight back by Kenyan doctors against traditional healers.

Like elsewhere in Africa, traditional healers or herbalists are everywhere in Kenya, and they say they can cure everything.
A quick look at the pages of our daily newspapers says it all.
You will find herbalists proudly advertising their services, not just in the newspapers, but also on posters stuck on street lamps.
The services of a traditional healer are indispensable.
As long as there are marriages to be rescued, football games to be won and businesses to be resuscitated, the healers are here to stay.
"Is your husband falling out of love? Come and see me and I shall give you the cure to capture his love permanently," the adverts say.