Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko has been raiding his Government’s institutions and facilities unexpectedly to oversee how they operate.
His impromptu visits have lately been seen affecting Pumwani Maternity Hospital.
Sonko has made impromptu visits to the facility twice with the top management getting victims every time he appears.
A few months ago Sonko raided Pumwani Hospital suspending the top management after finding out that their was no enough drugs at the facility and that patients were being directed to buy them elsewhere.
Sonko was claiming there was a cartel within the hospital who was liaising with the management to sell drugs and other basics to patients.
On Monday, he made another impromptu visit to the facility where he found out that 12 bodies of infants had been wrapped in plastic bags and hidden in carton boxes put in one of the rooms.
As per his norm, Sonko went ahead to suspend the top management of the facility, including the medics who were on duty that day.
However, his move was not welcomed by many, with other medics at Pumwani threatening to strike if their suspended colleagues will not be brought back on board.
Many termed Sonko’s move to ambush the facility on a motorbike as a Public Relations stunt, a claim that Sonko denied on Wednesday during a live TV interview.
Sonko: Jeff this is not a PR stunt, I’m not seeking for any political mileage; I’m the governor of Nairobi, there is no one who is challenging me #JKLive pic.twitter.com/WBoQ5Kc3rs
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) September 19, 2018
After it emerged that Pumwani Hospital didn’t have a morgue, Sonko on Wednesday took an initiative of donating coolers to the facility for a temporary morgue, a move that received reactions from Kenyans on Twitter.
Sonko had rushed to ‘donate’ cooler boxes Pumwani as immediate mortuary facility. Sonko is the master of hoodwink coz he just woke up the other day to realize Pumwani doesn’t have a mortuary. That chokoraa planned everything so his ‘philanthropy’ could come to play.
— Bel Akinyi (@BelAkinyii) September 19, 2018
The hospital was allocated 23M for the construction of a mortuary .Where did the funds go
— kaKoH! (@KakohCollins) September 19, 2018
They never got to the hospital…
The sickness in the public health sector starts at City Hall where Sonko only visits when he wants to expose his foot soldiers
— Malenya D. Eyezzoh™ (@MALESHizME) September 19, 2018
However, Sonko maintains that this is his style of leadership and no one has the right to stop him since he is not competing with anyone for Nairobi.
He reiterates that Cartels are his target and he is going to ruthlessly deal with them during his reign to restore Nairobi back to its glory.
Sonko: I really value my people and I do not entertain nonsense. Corruption is the main factor hindering development; I will not entertain corruption and cartels in my leadership #JKLive pic.twitter.com/0KPAd9fdu6
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) September 19, 2018