This archive report was first published on 1 July 2020.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended the Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) for its efforts in improving service delivery in Nairobi and its catchment, as of July 1, 2020.
During a tour of the city, the President expressed satisfaction with the progress made by NMS in implementing the directives he gave to the new agency at its launch on March 18, 2020.
‘I issued several directives to NMS to achieve within the 100 days, which period ended on Saturday, June 28, 2020,’ he said.
The directives, aimed at enhancing service provision in the areas of waste collection and disposal, water and sanitation, housing and urban development, transport and public works, have been implemented in earnest, according to the President.
President Kenyatta spoke at Harambee House in Nairobi when he received the 100-days performance report by the NMS, which was also 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 Badi, 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 tour, the President visited community water boreholes and water purification facilities at Kiboro Primary School (Mathare), Chief’s Camp (Mathare North) and at Kibra DCC’s office, where 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, being implemented by the state department of housing, NMS and Nairobi City County.
