NMS Boss Badi assures Nairobi residents of equitable service delivery

The Nairobi Metropolitan Services Director General Major General Mohammed Badi has assured Nairobi residents of equitable development and service delivery during his tenure.

Speaking during a courtesy call to the Nairobi County Assembly, the NMS boss said his priority is to upgrade the informal areas which have for long been neglected in matters development especially infrastructure.

While assuring the NMS leadership of the Assembly’s support in passing the NMS budget as well as enacting laws necessary for the metropolitan authority to carry out its mandate, Speaker Beatrice Elachi asked Badi to also support the Assembly especially in enhancing security, citing invasion of goons at the County premises.

“Director-General, the assembly needs more security to avoid the scenario of goons taking over the assembly. All legislators including staff should feel safe while in the precincts of the assembly,” Elachi said.

The MCAs also requested Major General Badi to prioritise infrastructure development across all the 85 wards.

“We are requesting NMS to look into the road projects in the wards to ensure that Wanjiku gets better roads,” Minority leader David Mberia said.

Badi in response said security would be tightened around the assembly and promised to improve city roads.

“NMS will deliver all road projects as long as they are within the budget. I’m here as a servant and not to engage in politics or taking sides. NMS is free to engage all legislators equally as well deliver in the wards,” he explained.

Since coming into office, several roads within Nairobi’s Central Business District have undergone facelifts.

In addition, the Director-General has initiated slum upgrading projects including drilling of boreholes and rehabilitation of roads in slums such as Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Kibera and Mathare.

Residents in these three informal settlements will receive water five times a week after at least 20 boreholes are drilled throughout the county and water is redistributed.

Other informal settlements will also get more water.

The daily water demand in Nairobi is more than 810,000 cubic metres but only 525,600 cubic meters are supplied. The gap is 284,400 cubic meters, with informal settlements being most affected.