- Sakaja also said his government has unified business permits and aligned all the different licenses with the aim of facilitating a single business permit.
- Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna congratulated the governor for bringing together all Nairobi leaders to walk and work together as leaders.
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Nairobi City County government plans to refurbish Joe Kadenge Stadium formerly known as City Stadium to International standards.
Governor Johnson Sakaja said the stadium that will be revamped at Sh525 million will have all disciplines for an international stadium.
Sakaja spoke on June 1 at Joe Kadenge Stadium in Makadara to celebrate the 60th Madaraka Day.
He said 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 the third term,” the governor said.
“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.”
Sakaja said following the shortage of both primary and secondary schools in the county, he will partner with the Nairobi Members of Parliament and the Women's Representative to deliberate on how they can increase the number of learning institutions to avoid congestion.
“We cannot depend on schools that were constructed by the colonial government, we need to add more since the population of learners has increased,” he said.
Sakaja said the county government managed to collect Sh1 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.
Sakaja also said 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 in place an Intensive Care Unit at Mama Lucy Hospital and will instal the second one at Mbagathi Hospital besides a renal unit and a newborn unit.
He said for the last three years, health facilities in the county were not receiving drugs due to the huge bill of Sh1.8 million it was being owed, noting that he had already paid some money of which the county had received drugs worth Sh200 million.
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna congratulated the governor for bringing together all leaders to walk and work together as leaders.
He also called on the governor to hold discussions with Nairobi residents where the county wants to construct residential houses to hear their views before demolishing their houses.
Leaders who attended the celebrations were Nominated Senators Tabitha Mutinda and Hamida Kibwana, Members of Parliament George Aladwa (Makadara) and Mark Mwenje (Embakasi West).
They congratulated Sakaja for the changes he has done, and his good leadership and vowed to support him in his endeavour to change Nairobi.
“You have taken a bipartisan approach, we are ready to support you,” they said.
Mwenje said Nairobi MPs will assist the governor to build schools through the Constituency Development Fund to avoid congestion in classrooms and asked him to allocate them parcels of land for the purpose.
Aladwa told the governor to only employ Nairobi residents in the county government while commending him for including people from all tribes in his government.
The event was also graced by the Nairobi County Commissioner Susan Waweru who read the President’s speech.