Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has dismissed claims that his administration is planning to privatise City Mortuary.
The county's public health department under whose management the City Mortuary falls, had early this month announced it will unveil a private wing at the facility raising fears that City Hall was planning to privatise the mortuary.
Governor Sakaja who toured the facility over the weekend asked the contractor to fast-track the completion of the remaining works.
He said the works are aimed at enhancing services and not making the facility private.
"There have been stories going around of privatisation. That's not true. This facility will continue providing services to mwananchi," Sakaja said on Saturday.
"What we are doing is ensuring that we upscale equipment like coolers and ensure they are fully functional and mortuary services are provided without any delay."
City Mortuary is the largest government-owned morgue facility in East and Central Africa. It has six functional coolers with a capacity to store 200 bodies.
Public health chief officer Tom Nyakaba said the private wing will hold 24 bodies and will also provide hearse and other related lowering gear services.
As such, works for the establishment of the wing are ongoing.
He said they will also create a customer service office that will ensure customer needs and queries are resolved in real-time.
The governor was with Nyakaba, health services chief officer Geoffrey Mosiria and Woodley MCA Davidson Ngibuni.
