The government has rolled out the construction of 24 new health facilities by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) in informal settlements across Nairobi County.
Speaking on the project, NMS Health Services Director Dr Josephine Kibaru-Mbae, said that 19 of the 24 facilities will be constructed from scratch while the remaining five will be rehabilitated to accomodate rising populations.
This news comes as the government finalizes plans to elevate Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital to a Level Five health facility.
“Ten out of the targeted number will be Level Two health facilities while the rest will be Level Three,” clarified Mbae.
Among the service improvement agendas by the health sector, the NMS says the upgrading of the health facilities is in line with the county’s vision to provide quality health care in informal settlements.
NMS in its long list of achievements has drilled a total of 93 boreholes in the informal settlements within Nairobi County.
Nairobi Regional Commissioner Wilson Njega said the provision of water to the communities will end the plight of the water crisis in the settlements where the residents were buying water from vendors and kiosks at Ksh20 to Ksh30 per jerrican.
“The residents in these settlements are also receiving free clean water from NMS water boozers, I urge you to maintain high standards of hygiene during this period by washing hands with soap and water and sanitising to avoid contracting the disease,” said Njega.
