Mary Chao Mwadime, the new KEMSA Board Chair [Courtesy]
In what is seen as a bid to appease donor agencies, the government has moved to overhaul the board of the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) which had been hit by multiple scandals in the recent past.
In an exclusive interview with The Standard, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the appointed members will bring a wealth of experience in various aspects that will make Kemsa a more transparent and efficient supplier of health products and commodities.
Other board members include Terry Kiunge Ramadhani, Lawrence Wahome, Dr Robert Nyarango and Linton Nyaga Kinyua.
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KEMSA has been under investigation over the Sh7.8 billion Covid-19 procurement scandal which elicited public outcry since august last year. [File, Standard]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has overhauled the entire KEMSA Board of Directors.
The previous regime was sent packing on Thursday, April 29, in the wake of multi-billion-shilling scandals plaguing the medical supplies agency.
Mary Chao Mwadime will now take over from Kembi Gitura, who was moved to Communications Authority (CA) on March 17, 2021.
Gitura was appointed as CA’s Board chairperson by President Kenyatta despite ongoing investigations at KEMSA over alleged dubious tender deals amounting to Sh7.8 billion.
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