Sifuna Slams Sakaja For Shifting To Sidian As Principal Banker
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has criticized the Nairobi County Government’s decision to alter the major banker for all Nairobi County healthcare facilities.
The Nairobi lawmaker’s comments came a week after the County Secretary and Head of Public Service, Godfrey Akumali, asked all county health facilities to transfer their bank accounts from one tier-one bank to another.
According to Akumali, the decision was reached during the 69th meeting of the Nairobi City County Executive Committee on October 28 and communicated to all officers in charge of County Health facilities via a notice dated November 5.
“This correspondence hereby serves to communicate the resolution of the County Executive Committee to request that you complete the attached forms to facilitate the opening of your respective accounts,” Akumali said.
“Kindly attach all the required documents and submit the completed forms to the office of the County Executive Committee Member, Finance and Economic Planning by Friday, 7th November, 2025,” he added.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, November 12, Sifuna questioned the county government’s decision to change the accounts, claiming that the move is likely motivated by corruption.
The health facilities in Nairobi have been banking with Cooperative Bank, a tier one Bank with a solid history and reputation. How you wake up one day and direct all of them to move to a tier 3 bank cannot be explained any other way than that corruption is at play. pic.twitter.com/zesWOq5C8t
— Edwin Sifuna (@edwinsifuna) November 12, 2025
“The health facilities in Nairobi have been banking with a tier one Bank with a solid history and reputation,” Sifuna said.
“How you wake up one day and direct all of them to move to a tier 3 bank cannot be explained any other way than that corruption is at play,” he added.
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To encourage accountability, transparency, and efficient financial oversight, all county government bank accounts must be held at the same bank.
Furthermore, having bank accounts in the same bank makes it easier for the county government to budget, report, and audit.
This is in accordance with Kenya’s Public Finance Management (PFM) Act (2012) and PFM (County Governments) Regulations (2015), which mandate all county government earnings to be deposited into a central County Revenue Fund (CRF) account.
Sifuna Slams Sakaja For Shifting To Sidian As Principal Banker
