Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has explained why his adminstration resorted to changing the leadership of the City Level V.
In the changes, the Sakaja administration changed the board membership and created the position of CEO above the medical superintendent.
The superintendent now deputizes the CEOs. Initially, Level V hospitals were run by a medical superintendent.
For now, every Level 5 hospital in Nairobi, has a new board and a chief executive officer.
The governor said the changes were implemented to bring transformation in service delivery and operationalisation of the County hospitals, something he says has been achieved.
Sakaja said the move was necessitated by frequent cases of inefficiency concerns that had rocked the Nairobi Healthcare system.
"I changed all the boards in hospitals and introduced a new system of CEOs," Said Sakaja.
"Ever since the changes were made there has been exceptional transformation of level five hospitals and service delivery improved with little or no hiccups."
He spoke when he appeared before the senate committee on devolution on May 3, 2024, in Machakos.
The Nairobi Governor also says the county has revived the BRT system that seeks to ease transportation in the City by linking roads to the railway terminal.
He said the investment into the project is ready and that plans are underway to ensure that the money is set aside for the construction of the BRT transport system.
On the County’s pending bills, Sakaja said when he came to office, he found Sh100 billion pending bills out of which Sh21 billion was owed to lawyers.
He explains that he formed a legal task force to look into the matter which reduced the lawyer's fees to Sh11 billion and gave proposals of how to structure the office of the county Attorney to have lawyers paid on retainer.
The Governor said he is focused on delivering to the people of Nairobi saying the politics in Nairobi will not distract him.
“Everyone has a story about the city, but what I have done is focus on the work,” Sakaja told the committee.
