Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has roped in government pathologist Johansen Oduor to address challenges facing Nairobi City Mortuary.
In his latest appointment on Friday, Oduor was named the new chairperson of the Nairobi Funeral Home (city morgue).
"In exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 (c) of the County Governments Act, 2012, the Governor, Nairobi City County, appoints the enlisted persons as Board Members of the respective Nairobi City County Hospital Boards," reads the gazette notice.
Dr Oduor will lead a team of five members; Vincent Onywera, Edwin Oloo Walong, John Nderitu, Eunice Kanini Mutiso and Alex Maina Mwangi.
The board's tenure will be for three years effective April 24, 2023.
Early this month, Sakaja intimated that the City Mortuary will soon be rebranded to The Nairobi Funeral Home.
The facility has been undergoing renovations which will see the facility equipped with new cooling units and cold rooms.
"Restoring dignity to our dearly departed and their families by improving the City Mortuary as well as our cemeteries. The contractor is on-site," he said.
Works include the installation of new cooling units, cold room doors, and drainage works which is complete.
According to a city mortuary report dated April 5, 2023, Nairobi's main public morgue has 142 cooling units but only 33 are in use.
Sakaja said to keep work at the morgue flowing, 63 cooling units will be installed to bridge the gap.
The morgue has 19 cold room doors of which 9 are supposed to be replaced. At the moment, City Hall has already replaced 6.
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