KAKATA, Margibi County — Margibi County Superintendent O’Jay G. F. Morris Jr. has threatened to concern a cease order on the reconstruction of the C.H. Rennie Memorial Hospital if the Ministry of Well being fails to quickly halt the venture and embrace the county administration within the rebuilding course of.
By Yawah Y. Jaivey
The Superintendent’s warning comes amid ongoing reconstruction actions on the hospital web site, which the Margibi County Administration says are continuing with out its session or involvement.
On August 15, 2021, a fireplace destroyed the C.H. Rennie Memorial Hospital—the county’s solely government-run referral facility—severely damaging essential sections together with the working theater, emergency room, inpatient pharmacy, finance workplace, information part, and different administrative items.
Former President George Manneh Weah broke floor for the hospital’s reconstruction in August 2023, however the venture reportedly stalled till the Unity Social gathering–led authorities took workplace. In late 2025, the Boakai administration resumed reconstruction efforts, a transfer that has since triggered complaints from county authorities over alleged exclusion from the planning and implementation course of.
In a February 3, 2026 communication addressed to Well being Minister Dr. Louise Mapleh Kpoto and obtained by FrontPage Africa, Superintendent Morris expressed concern that reconstruction actions have been advancing with out the involvement of the county management.
“Whereas we totally help the federal government’s efforts, channeled by the Ministry of Well being, to enhance healthcare infrastructure, the exclusion of the county management from the planning and implementation course of is now a matter of great concern,” Morris wrote.
The Superintendent reminded the Minister that his workplace serves because the President’s consultant within the county and is remitted to supervise all authorities tasks, applications, and actions throughout the county.
“This workplace performs a essential position in native governance, exercising oversight accountability to watch and supervise all authorities applications and tasks to make sure they meet required requirements for the advantage of the folks,” the letter acknowledged.
Morris additional asserted that the land on which the hospital is being rebuilt was not bought by the Ministry of Well being however was supplied by the Margibi County Administration.
“Let me be clear that the land for the development was not paid for by the Ministry of Well being however was given to the Ministry by the county authority, opposite to insinuations by some officers that the land was bought,” he famous.
The Superintendent has formally requested a number of venture paperwork from the Ministry, together with the contract settlement, venture drawings and specs, work plan and schedule, venture length, invoice of portions, and the identities of the contractor and supervising engineer.
He’s additionally calling for a brief halt to building actions, warning that if the Ministry fails to conform, the county administration will concern its personal cease order till a proper assembly is convened between the Ministry of Well being and Margibi County authorities.
In line with Morris, such engagement would promote transparency, make clear institutional roles, and guarantee alignment with the county’s improvement priorities.
“We imagine that constructive dialogue and collaboration will strengthen the venture’s impression and guarantee shared possession and long-term sustainability of the C.H. Rennie Memorial Hospital,” he mentioned.
The dispute displays a broader sample of inter-agency tensions throughout the Boakai administration, with comparable conflicts rising over the regulation of driver’s licenses, license plates, and visitors administration—features at the moment claimed by each the Ministry of Transport on one facet, and the Liberia Site visitors Administration, a overseas firm, backed by the Liberia Nationwide Police, on the opposite.
