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EACC Clears KEMSA Suppliers to Receive Ksh2 9 Billion

EACC Clears KEMSA Suppliers to Receive Ksh2.9 Billion The Kenya Medical Supplies Agencies headquarters in Industrial Area Nairobi. File Individuals who supplied Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) are set to be paid after being cleared by the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC). In a letter to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji, following investigations into the Covid-19 emergency equipment procurement, EACC cleared the suppliers, but indicted senior Kemsa officials. Following President Uhuru Kenyatta s directive to the agencies to probe the Kemsa scandal, EACC investigated the case and presented findings to the DPP on October 22, 2020, after which the DPP returned the inquiry file for further probe. EACC concluded the investigations and resubmitted the findings as they indicated in a Gazette notice dated January 22, 2021.

Breaking News | Kenya: How Organisations Bled Graft Cash Amid Covid-19 Crunch

Views: Visits 11 The year 2020 will go into the annals of history as one riddled with high-profile financial scandals amid efforts to tame the Covid-19 pandemic. On top of the list of graft-hit parastatals is the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa), through which the taxpayer lost billions after the national drugs supplier inflated the prices of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE). The scandal left Kemsa holding Sh3 billion worth of dead stock. And while, ironically, there is still need for more PPE across the country, the Kemsa stock is so inflated no one is willing to buy it. Senior officials at Kemsa reportedly increased the prices of PPE by a whopping Sh7.8 billion as the coronavirus raged.

Kenya: How Organisations Bled Graft Cash Amid Covid-19 Crunch

Kenya: How Organisations Bled Graft Cash Amid Covid-19 Crunch
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