On Thursday, Nairobi County Governor Johnson Sakaja noted that the County plans to refurbish Joe Kadenge Stadium, formerly known as City Stadium, to international standards at a cost of Kes 525 million.
Speaking at Joe Kadenge Stadium in Makadara Constituency to celebrate the 60th Madaraka da, he announced that his government has contracted contractors to construct 17 kitchens that will be used to prepare food for all public schools.
“The process of grounding has already started. Learners will start eating their first meal when schools open in third term,” assured the Governor.
“We are aware that most of the children go to school when hungry, this is the reason we want to have a school feeding programme in all public schools,” he stated.
Sakaja said following the shortage of both primary and secondary schools in the County, he will partner with the Nairobi County Members of Parliament and the Women Representative to deliberate on how they can increase the number of learning institutions to avoid congestion in schools.
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“We cannot depend on schools that were constructed by the colonial government, we need to add more, since the population of learners has increased,”
Further, he noted that the County has managed to collect Kes 1 billion as revenue between January to April, which it used to equip health facilities with medicine, pay Early Childhood Development and Nairobi Deaf Voluntary Counseling and Testing Centre teachers and rehabilitate roads.
Governor Sakaja at the same time, announced that his government has unified business permits and aligned all the different licenses to facilitate a single business permit.
Regarding health, Sakaja said the City-County put an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in place at Mama Lucy Hospital and will install the second one at Mbagathi Hospital, besides a renal unit and a newborn unit.
He revealed that for the last three years, health facilities in the county were not receiving drugs due to the huge bill of Kes1.8 it was owed, noting that he had already paid some money, of which the county had received drugs worth 200 million.
