President Uhuru Kenyatta has reiterated that threats and insults will not discourage him from working to improve the lives of Kenyans.
Addressing wananchi after opening the Mama Margaret Kenyatta Children Hospital in Nairobi County’s Korogocho informal settlement today, President Kenyatta emphasized that he will continue focusing on national unity and peace as the most important ingredients for the country’s progress.
“I will continue to stand firm in my resolution that national unity is the most important thing for the country’s development and progress. I believe that justice will prevail not threats and insults,” President Kenyatta said.
The President cited the newly opened hospital as an example of the developments that can be achieved if all leaders worked together for the country’s common good.
“If all of us, as leaders, join hands and concentrate on working together, we will succeed in transforming the lives of Kenyans. A good example is this hospital project that had stalled for close to 30 years but we managed to finish it when the national and county governments together with other leaders joined hands to ensure its completion,” President Kenyatta said.
The construction of the four-story 350-bed hospital that is set to decongest Kenyatta National Referral Hospital, as well as another level 4 hospital in the city-county, was completed by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS).
Among the services that will be offered by the new facility include out-patient, in-patient, maternity, diagnostics, special clinics, intensive care unit services, dialysis, mortuary, accident and emergency services.
The hospital is one of the 24 health facilities which President Kenyatta directed NMS Director-General Lt. Gen. Mohamed Badi to build in Nairobi.
President Kenyatta pointed out that since the work on the 24 health facilities started, 18 of them have been completed and have served more than 4 million residents of informal settlements in Nairobi County.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the opening of the hospital is a culmination of the President’s directive to take quality health services closer to citizens through the Universal Health Coverage.
Other speakers at the event that was also attended by local leaders from the area included Lt. Gen. Badi and Nairobi Governor Ann Kananu.
Lt. Gen. Badi thanked President Kenyatta for his support, saying it has ensured NMS implements several projects that have benefitted wananchi, especially in the informal settlements.
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