This archive report was first published on 30 June 2020.
On 18th March this year, President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) and issued several directives to achieve within the 100 days, which period ended on Saturday, 28th June this year.
The directives were aimed at enhancing service provision in the areas of waste collection and disposal, water and sanitation, housing and urban development, transport and public works.
President Kenyatta expressed satisfaction with the progress made by NMS in implementing these directives, saying, "I am satisfied that the directives for the first 100 days have been implemented in earnest."
He spoke today at Harambee House in Nairobi when he received the 100-days performance report by the NMS, which was attended by Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja.
At the ceremony, the President challenged NMS to work towards making Nairobi a model city, saying, "I challenge NMS to demonstrate that Nairobi can be the model of our Post Covid-19 National Recovery Strategy."
Major General Mohammed Badi, the Director General of NMS, assured the Head of State of his agency's determination to transform Nairobi into a smart city by fully implementing its broad mandate.
During the ceremony, President Kenyatta toured some of the agency's projects in Nairobi's informal settlements, including community water boreholes and water purification facilities at Kiboro Primary School (Mathare), Chief's Camp (Mathare North) and at Kibra DCC's office.
Communities neighbouring the boreholes receive treated water for their domestic use at no cost.
The Head of State also toured ongoing urban renewal and affordable housing projects in Ngara and Pangani neighbourhoods, which are being implemented by the state department of housing, NMS and Nairobi City County.
