Ongoing projects in Makueni

Health got the lion’s share of the 2013/2014 budget with an allocation of Sh1.6 billion. Despite the lateness in approval, several projects are ongoing, among them a 150-bed maternity wing at the Makueni Referral Hospital in Wote.

The wing according to Dr James Kanyange, who is in charge of the construction, will cost Sh69 million and is expected to be ready by June, 2015. The wing is expected to reduce maternal and child mortality. Sixty kilometres away South of Wote at Makindu on the busy Nairobi/Mombasa highway, a trauma centre to cater for accident victims is coming up at a cost of Sh45 million. The foreman in charge of the project Dr James Munuve says the facility’s first phase estimated to cost Sh14.2 million is on the verge of completion.