Nairobi, Sept. 3 -- A Sh500 million project to build a dedicated children's hospital at the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral, and Research Hospital (Kutrrh) has stalled at the foundation stage for a decade, leaving the facility incomplete nearly seven years after its planned completion date.

Kenyatta University records list July 2014 as the project's start date, with completion originally expected in December 2019.

"Further correspondence between the hospital and the university revealed an additional allocation of Sh500 million to start the project by 2015, which was utilised for the construction of site houses, the provision of amenities such as water, the purchase of equipment and building materials, and the construction of the ...