Stephen Sang takes oath of office as Nandi Governor, August 21, 2017. [Photo|Wakili Araap Sang]
Nandi County Governor Stephen Sang, has with immediate effect dissolved the County Health Management Board and the Hospital Management Committee, affecting all the sub-counties, in the North Rift County.
Sang who is the youngest newly elected governor, the move is in-line with his promise to undertake radical restruvturing exercise of the Nandi County health sector.
The dissolution has seen eight staff of the Health Management Board lose their jobs, and 20 Hospital Management Committee members affected; seven at the Kapsabet Referral Hospital, seven at the Nandi Hills County Referral Hospital, and six at the sub-county level.
"In line with my promise to undertake radical restructuring in the Health sector, I have suspended top health department officials and dissolved county health management boards and sub county hospital committees," he noted.
The immediate Nandi County senator also suspended Mathew Rotich, the County Health and Sanitation Executive Committee Member (CeC), with his Chief Officer Dr Edward Serem and Acting County Health Director Dr Daniel Kemboi, saying the move will pave way for investigations into the alleged case of loss of revenue collected by the Health Deprtment.
In a release, Thursday, Sang further directed the County Internal Auditor to carry out a detailed report on revenue collected in the last four years.
"This move is to allow a thorough audit on revenue collected by the health department in the last four years," said Sang.
The Cleophas Lagat successor joins his Meru (Kiraitu Murungi), Nyamira (John Nyagarama), Machakos (Dr Alfred Mutua) colleagues, who also sent most of their county staffs at home after being sworn-into office, following the just concluded August 8, elections.