Nairobi City will spend Sh2.039 billion to establish five administrative boroughs should a County Executive budget proposal for the 2023/24 Financial Year be approved.

Estimates indicate that the county will spend Sh540 million as capital for establishing the units, Sh100 million as operations and maintenance and Sh1.4 billion as salaries and allowances for those who will be working in the units.

 Executive document further says the county seeks to spend Sh850 million in the acquisition of five acres of land for the construction of the five borough offices.

Construction of the offices will cost Sh500 million while fencing with a perimeter wall, a gate and sentry house will cost Sh125 million.

To rebrand the units, it will cost tax payers a total of Sh166 million for the next five years.

County will also hold stakeholder forums on the establishment of the boroughs that will cost Sh50 million.

 Inside the units, there will be five city boards and governance structures to be established at a cost a total of Sh95 million (Sh50 million for FY 2023/24, Sh20 million for the FY2024/25 and Sh25 million for FY2025/26.

County Executive also proposes that there will be a total of 71 staff who will be recruited to the boroughs and other administrative counties. This will cost the county Sh95 million for the next five years. This includes Sh52 million in FY2023/24, Sh52 million in the FY2024/25 and Sh54.6 million in the FY2025/26.

Furnishing and equipping the offices will cost a total of Sh100 million (Sh50 million for the FY2023/24 and Sh50 million for the FY2025/26).

The rest of the funds will be spent in the construction and equipping of four new sub-county and ward offices as well as maintaining the existing sub-counties and wards. Governor Johnson Sakaja, in his manifesto, pledged to divide Nairobi into five administrative units to ease service delivery.

Acting Boroughs and County Administration acting Chief Officer Lydia Mathia said the county proposes to have three or four sub-counties in each of the five boroughs.

“We will have boroughs established as administrative units’ to enhance public service delivery. We will amalgamate the sub-counties and have a few of them becoming a borough,” Maitha said.