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KENYA :Drugs, condoms, more billions vanish at Kemsa

March 2022 Businessdaily ;The UN-backed Global Fund has revealed fresh rot at Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) after it found out that 908,000 mosquito nets, 1.1 million condoms and tuberculosis drugs worth Sh10 million had disappeared from its warehouse. Global Fund, which finances the fight against HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria, …

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Kenya lifts longstanding mandatory wearing of masks

March 2022 theStar :The mandatory wearing of masks has now been lifted, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has announced. “However, people should maintain social distancing to ensure risk of spread is limited,” he said. He however encouraged the wearing of masks during indoor functions to curb the spread of Covid-19 disease. …

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KENYA:Uhuru backs teachers ouster from NHIF board

President Uhuru Kenyatta has backed the ouster of teachers and NGO representatives from the board of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) in late changes made to the law, tightening the government’s grip on the cash-rich insurer. The President signed the NHIF (Amendment) Bill, 2022 into law, denying the Kenya …

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KENYA:Senate approves Bill to end Kemsa monopoly

January 2022 Business Daily ;Senators have backed a Bill that seeks to end the monopoly of the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) in the delivery of drugs and equipment to county hospitals. The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Amendment) Bill 2021 seeks to change the law and give counties a free …

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