March 2017 BusinessDaily; A State agency is on the spot for procuring expired drugs worth Sh352 million in two years. Auditor-General Edward Ouko has flagged the purchase in his audit report on the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa). “In the last two financial years, public money on the purchase of …
Read More »KENYA:285 million debt to KEMSA to blame for lack of drugs at City Hospitals
December 2017 Standardmedia; If you go to a county hospital today, chances are high you will be referred to a private pharmacy for your medication. A shortage of drugs has hit medical facilities across Naibobi as a result of a Sh285 million debt the county government owes the Kenya Medical Supplies …
Read More »KENYA:Government could pay Sh35b in drugs dispute
July 2017 Dailynation;The Health ministry’s move to withhold a Sh1.8 billion payment from a supplier who shipped in anti-malarial drugs and equipment between 1993 and 1995 has exposed taxpayers to the risk of paying at least Sh35 billion after interest accumulated over two decades. Equip Agencies, a local supplies firm, …
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