Benga musician Ken wa Maria whose real name is Kennedy Wambua Ngunze and vocal Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Calvince Okoth who is popularly known as Gaucho have been appointed to hospital boards in the Nairobi County.
In appointments that have left many people puzzled, Gaucho has been appointed as a board member at the Mama Lucy Hospital while Ken wa Maria has been appointed as a board member at the Mama Margaret Uhuru Hospital.
“In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 9 (j) of the Facilities Improvements Financing Act, 2023, the County Executive Committee Member responsible for Health Services in Nairobi County hereby appoints the listed persons as members of the respective Level 4 and Level 5 hospital boards with effect from April 16,2026 for a term of three years,” a gazette notice that announced the appointments stated.
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The notice went on to declare that all previous appointments to the boards of Level 4 and 5 hospital management boards within Nairobi City Council had been revoked.
Mama Lucy hospital is ranked as a level 5 hospital. It is based in Komarock, Embakasi Central in Nairobi County and has an in-patient bed capacity of about 188 and seventeen maternity beds.
The appointment of the two individuals has raised concerns over their academic and professional qualifications and ability to sit in a board oversighting a medical facility.
