President William Ruto has made changes at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authorities (Kemsa) after an exposé of the scandal in the agency.
The head of state has fired Public Health PS Dr Josephine Mburu, suspended Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) CEO Terry Ramadhani and kicked out the agency’s entire board over a Sh 3.7 billion mosquito net supply scandal. He has appointed Farmers Party leader Irungu Nyakera as Kemsa board chair.
The scandal involves a misappropriated Sh 3.7 billion mosquito net deal which has the danger of exposing poor families to Malaria. This follows the revocation of the tender by the Global Fund, a failure to which Kemsa would have gathered Sh370 million in revenue. The Global Fund’s revocation, according to their audit team, was triggered by procurement gaps at Kemsa. The fund disputed the listed winners of the tender including Partec East Africa Limited and Shobikaa Impex.
Shobikaa’s failure to appear on the database of the registrar of companies mounted distrust. However, the ex-Kemsa CEO Terry Ramadhani insisted that Shobikaa was an international company. She said that the tender was an open international tender, hence the participation of the Indian company.
“The product is what is registered in PPB in Kenya. So of course you are not going to find it,” she argued.
The Global Fund however denied the assertions proclaiming that the companies shouldn’t have qualified because they failed to meet the requirements. The fund now intends to internally handle the procurement protocols, a move that denies the country Sh600 million. Kemsa spiked public outrage during the Covid-19 pandemic which saw 7.8 billion embezzled by individuals dubbed ‘Covid millionaires’.
To be firm and set a…
To be firm and set a precedent for the rest of the wannabe thieves in government, you must go all in and prosecute them thieves as well as those bestowed upon the responsibility to safeguard all Wanjiku’s assets!!! No exceptions
He needs to Fire himself 1st…
He needs to Fire himself 1st. He’s a Thief too.
So now let’s see where this…
So now let’s see where this goes.
My bet is nowhere. Like all the other embezzling scandals.
No way a Thief can Fire…
No way a Thief can Fire other Thieves; unless They’re COMPETING.
Thieves make gov look bad so…
Thieves make gov look bad so must go. It’s easy firing corrupt ppl now
Firing small thieves will…
Firing small thieves will not alter anything! Ruto taught every one of them to steal! The whole government is full of tainted thieves. Ruto is the worst thief in the whole world. He is not teaching any body a lesson here.
Did the woman refuse to give…
Did the woman refuse to give ruto pontoon?? Ruto can not fire anyone for stealing! How can he while he is a terrible thief!