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Sakaja appoints Amref CEO as Mbagathi board chairperson

He will be incharge for a period of three years

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by MAUREEN KINYANJUI

News28 April 2023 - 07:59
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In Summary


  • •Sakaja has named Gitahi as the new chairperson of the management board at Mbagathi Hospital
  • •Dr. Gitahi will be incharge for a period of three years, effective on April 24, 2023
Dr Githinji Gitahi, Group CEO, Amref Health Africa, at the opening of the conference in Kigali.

Chief executive director of Amref Health Africa Githinji Gitahi has landed a new role at Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja's government.

In the latest appointments, Sakaja has named Gitahi as the new chairperson of the management board at Mbagathi Hospital.

"In exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 (c) of the County Governments Act, 2012, the Governor, Nairobi City County, appoints the enlisted persons as Board Members of the respective Nairobi City County Hospital Boards," reads the gazette notice.

Dr Gitahi will be in charge for a period of three years, effective on April 24, 2023

The Amref boss was part of the health task force that Sakaja had formed to look into the issues ailing health sector in Nairobi.

Other members included Anastasia Nyalita (CEO Kenya Healthcare Federation),  Dorcas Kemunto, Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi, William Charles Fryda, Karei Mwenda and former  county secretary  Jairus Musumba.

The team was expected to engage the public, County Health Staff and other stakeholders to review citizens’ access to quality health services, assess the status of all public health facilities and status of Health Information Management and propose interventions toward a comprehensive Health Information Management System.

Also, they were to review the Supply Chain Management of pharma and non-pharma products, review current Human Resource capacity and assess the gaps, review and propose an Efficient Health Financing.

Th team presented the recommendations to Sakaja after its findings.

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