Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja has appointed an eight member taskforce to review and propose reforms in the Nairobi City County Health Sector.
The taskforce will be headed by Prof. Olive Mugenda assisted by Dr. Jairus Musumba who is the Nairobi City County Secretary.
Others include; Dr. Anastacia Nyalita, Dr. Githinji Gitahi, Dorcas Kemunto, Dr. Mercy Mwangangi, Dr. William Charles Fryda and Karei Mwenda.
“It is notified for general information of the public that the governor of Nairobi, H.E. Sakaja Arthur Johnson, CBS, has appointed a taskforce to review and propose reforms in the Nairobi City County Health Sector,” read part of the statement.
The taskforce’s work shall be to engage members of 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 review the supply chain management of pharma and non-pharma products.
Additionally, they will assess the status of health information management and propose interventions towards a comprehensive health information management system, review current Human Resource capacity and assess the gaps and also review and propose an efficient health financing model.
“In the performance of its mandate, the taskforce may, as the need arises co-opt persons to advise or offer assistance on any area the taskforce may consider necessary. The taskforce shall prepare and submit its report to the governor of Nairobi City County Government together with its recommendations within Forty Five (45) days from the date of its appointment,” stated the statement.
“The Office of the Governor shall constitute the secretariat of the Taskforce,” it added.
This comes after Sakaja made an impromptu visit to Mama Lucy Hospital in Kayole, Nairobi amid ballooning pressure on his administration to crack the whip on inattentive medics.
Accompanied by his deputy Njoroge Muchiri, Sakaja promised to improve the operational efficiency of the hospital.
Speaking during his visit, Sakaja expressed dismay at the condition of the facility.
“On behalf of the government of Nairobi, I want to apologize to the people of Nairobi. I think we’ve not been serving you well. There is a lot that leaves to be desired here,” Sakaja said.
“I visited and listened to patients and staff at Mama Lucy Hospital. The situation is not good. I apologize on behalf of the previous administration as well as the NMS for the state of things,” he added.