Kenya’s first rheumatologist chronicles life, nation in autobiography Rheumatism is a rare body joint disease and a public health concern in Kenya today, with an estimated nine million people affected. Prof George Omondi Oyoo’s autobiography, See You at the Joint (2025), narrates the efforts made towards taking care of Kenyan patients of rheumatic disorders, including training of doctors, acquisition of diagnostic equipment, civic and outreach activities, and the setting up of rheumatic treatment centres across the country. Prof Omondi, as the pioneer physician of rheumatic treatment in Kenya, played a central role in all these efforts. The author writes with…