Gov. Ngilu accounts
for first year in office
Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has given a list of her achievements since she was elected Governor of Kitui.
Speaking to a forum of Kitui professionals, a caucus that was key to her election, the Governor, flanked by her cabinet and top officials outlined her administration's achievements and agenda to fully deliver on her Five Pillar manifesto.
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| Governor Ngilu speaks to Kitui professionals in Nairobi |
Governor Ngilu said she inherited a government that was at odds with her vision and could not therefore do much as she wanted because it was not in sync with her priorities.
“In order to achieve the objectives of the manifesto on whose basis I campaigned, I had first to feed my people so that no one was suffering from hunger as has been the case ” said the Governor.
She said to achieve that, she successfully launched the Ndengu Revolution in partnership with Kenya Red Cross .“The Ndengu revolution has ensured food security in the entire county. Today, I am a happy governor that we have enough food for everyone in Kitui county,” said Governor Ngilu.
On water, she said her government had revived more than 100 boreholes to ensure that every person in Kitui has access to clean water at the nearest point possible.
“We also distributed more than 1500 water tanks. We have also trained 500 youths to maintain boreholes so that they are enabled to resolve small issues whenever there is a breakdown,” said the governor.
In the health sector, Governor Ngilu said already 82 health facilities that had been closed have been opened, staffed and stocked with adequate drugs and are offering services to the residents.
She further said the efforts had raised the number of operational health facilities in the county to more than 260. " They are well equipped with enough drugs, and the requisite personnel", she added.
The governor said that upto 35 doctors and more that 800 assorted medical experts had been employed to serve. She said all the 14 level four hospitals in Kitui county were manned by at least a fully qualified doctor besides nurses and clinical officers.
“We bought hospital equipment, ranging from CT scans, X-ray, ECG(Electrocardiography) and we just launched Kitui County Universal Health Insurance Cover(K-CHIC) I welcome you all to fully support this noble idea,” Ngilu told the proffessionals.
Governor Ngilu applauded the professionals from her county for being supportive and instrumental to her clinching the governorship in last general election.
She said she was gratified that the professionals were ready to not only offer political support but also provide knowledge and skills to move the county forward.
