Cabinet approves Ksh4.5B plan to build 10 mother and child hospitals
By Valerian Khakayi, June 30, 2026President William Ruto on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, chaired a Cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi, where Cabinet secretaries approved a Ksh4.5 billion initiative to construct 10 mother and child hospitals across the country in a bid to improve maternal and neonatal healthcare.
The project, dubbed the Mother-and-Child Lifeline Initiative, will be implemented through a partnership between the government and the Amsons Group.
According to a cabinet dispatch, the initiative will see the construction of 10 Level 4 and Level 5 mother and child hospitals in Nairobi, Garissa, Embu, Kisumu, West Pokot, Uasin Gishu, Mombasa, Nakuru, Samburu, Kwale and Bomet.
“The cabinet gave the green light to the KSh4.5 billion Mother-and-Child Lifeline Initiative, a partnership with Amsons Group to build 10 Level 4 and Level 5 mother and child hospitals at Magadi Road (Nairobi), Galmagalla in Fafi (Garissa), Siakago (Embu), Kisumu County Referral Hospital, Kabichbich (West Pokot), Huruma (Uasin Gishu), Tudor (Mombasa), Bahati (Nakuru), Samburu (Kwale) and Chebunyo (Bomet),” the cabinet’s dispatch reads.
The cabinet further said the initiative will complement the Ksh7.8 billion second phase of the Kenya-Austria Mother and Child, Our Future Project, which is also aimed at modernising maternal and neonatal care at Kenyatta National Hospital.
“Alongside the Ksh 7.8 billion second phase of the Kenya-Austria Mother and Child – Our Future Project, the Mother and Child Lifeline Initiative will modernise maternal and neonatal care at Kenyatta National Hospital. Together, the initiatives will expand specialised healthcare, strengthen the health workforce and improve outcomes for mothers and newborns,” the statement reads.
Kenya-US health framework
In the same meeting, Cabinet endorsed the Kenya-United States Health Cooperation Framework, which seeks to sustain collaboration in combating HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and emerging infectious diseases while supporting Kenya’s transition to a more self-reliant healthcare system.
Under the framework, the two countries will collaborate on disease surveillance, laboratory services, digital health systems and medical supply chains.
Additionally, it also provides for the gradual integration of more than 13,000 United States-supported frontline health workers into Kenya’s public health workforce.
“The cabinet endorsed the Kenya-United States Health Cooperation Framework to sustain collaboration in combating HIV, malaria, TB and emerging infectious diseases while strengthening Kenya’s transition to a more self-reliant health system,” the statement reads.
“The framework will support disease surveillance, laboratories, digital health systems, medical supplies and the gradual integration of more than 13,000 US-supported frontline health workers into Kenya’s public health workforce.”