Nairobi County Allocated 72,000 Covid-19 Vaccine Doses
Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) Director-General Mohamed Badi says the Capital city has received 72,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine.
Badi spoke Tuesday during the launch of the Coronavirus vaccination exercise across the county in a ceremony held at the Mutuini Hospital in Dagoretti.
The NMS boss noted Nairobi has recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases and deaths since the onset of the pandemic.
“Nairobi accounts for 44 percent of all the cases recorded and has registered 681 deaths so far and therefore we are planning to move with speed to ensure that all the healthcare workers are vaccinated and in phase two we move to the vulnerable and those living with underlying conditions,” Badi said.
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Badi Tells Kibra Residents To Demolish Their Houses, “No One Will Be Spared”
Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) Director-general Mohamed Badi has called on residents of Kibera to demolish structures standing on road reserves as the agency begins the construction of new tarmac roads in the informal settlement.
Plans to demolish houses in Kibra are said to be at an advanced stage to pave way for the construction of a 28km road.
“I am calling upon the owners of the houses to demolish their structures themselves because no one will be spared. No biasness will be applied whether the house is built using stones, mud or iron sheets. I, therefore, plead with the owners to cooperate and move with speed and demolish the houses,” Badi said.
NMS to open first batch of new hospitals next week
Friday January 22 2021
By COLLINS OMULO
Summary
Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) will next week commission the first four of 24 new hospitals that have been under construction since last year.
And in readiness for the opening, the Major General Mohammed Badi-led NMS has recruited 600 nurses. The new of the hospitals is expected to be done by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The completed facilities – both Level 2 and 3 hospitals – include hospitals in Uthiru, Kiamaiko, Ushirika and Soweto-Kayole.
Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) will next week commission the first four of 24 new hospitals that have been under construction since last year.