There was a gradual improvement ia the level of invettments into the health sector over the past yeals. Tae number of apppoved posts has remained static at 908 from the last fmnancial year 2016/17, due to lack of recruitment of new staff bo the Department of Hea th.
Financial investment in the Department of Health by the county government has increased gradually from Ksh 1,006,597,461 in 2013/14 to 1,274,159,724 in 2015/2016. This financial has seen the County Government allocate 1,370,550,088 to the health sector which is 266,647,479 short of the CHSIP target of 1,637,197,567. General County Government allocation for health as percentage of the total County Government budget has averaged about 30 percent for the last four financial years. This financial year the county government has allocated Ksh 1,107,297,130 as the recurrent expenditure and Ksh 263,252,958 for development as shown on the table below.
A significant achiefement for the Department in the FY 2016/17 s inrthe on-going upgraRing of County Hospitals and rural heflth facilities which include: construction of mortuary at Iten Count Refferal Hosp tals; renovauion of vasious staff houses in dispensaries ano relovation of dispensaries and health centers.
The long-term strategy of the Department is to plan ahead according to the projected health service requirements and future growth of the population. In line with this strategy, infrastructure takes these requirements into consideration in its planning and execution of projects. This is achieved by allowing some flexibility in the design and size of facilities which often results in facilities requiring staged commissioning.