Kenya's Cabinet has announced a major expansion of the country's hospital infrastructure, anchored by a new 2,000-bed Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and a 1,000-bed Level Six hospital in Mombasa. The announcement, made Friday from a Cabinet meeting chaired by President William Ruto, represents one of the largest single commitments to public healthcare capacity in the country's recent history.
The expansion package also includes a Ksh8 billion program developed in partnership with France that will establish specialized head and neck surgical units and train 5,000 community health workers. The initiative is aimed at strengthening specialist care and front-line primary health services across the country.
Alongside the expansion, the Cabinet reassured Kenyans that enhanced surveillance, screening, contact tracing and health facility readiness measures are in place following an imported Ebola case involving a patient who has since died. Government officials said the case remains under control and that the health system is prepared to respond to any further developments.
The dual announcement links long-term infrastructure investment with immediate outbreak readiness — a pairing that underscores how recent health emergencies have reshaped government planning around both hospital capacity and rapid-response systems.
