USAid cited for deals with blacklisted firm
Summary
The Health committee of the National Assembly Thursday questioned the award of the contract to the privately owned American firm, Chemonics International.
The Ministry of Health says that Kemsa had been marked to distribute the donated medicines across the country on behalf of USAid.
Friday April 09 2021
By EDWIN MUTAI
Summary
The Health committee of the National Assembly Thursday questioned the award of the contract to the privately owned American firm, Chemonics International.
The Ministry of Health says that Kemsa had been marked to distribute the donated medicines across the country on behalf of USAid.
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Broke counties hit by HIV drugs shortage
HEALTH & SCIENCE
Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyong o addresses the press on measures taken by counties to respond to Covid-19 in Nairobi, yesterday. [David Njaaga, Standard]
The Council of Governors (CoG) has raised alarm over the shortage of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs in regional hospitals.
Five counties with high HIV and Aids prevalence reported an adverse shortage of drugs for newborns and adults.
The dire situation of unavailability of ARVs in county hospitals comes at a time when the devolved units are cash strapped following delayed disbursement of funds to counties.
The CoG’s chair for Health Committee Anyang’ Nyong’o said Siaya, Kisumu, Migori and Busia were the worst hit counties, with Homa Bay reporting total unavailability of ARV drugs in hospitals.
Customsâ contribution stressed at the Kyoto Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Congress
At the invitation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, WCO Secretary General, spoke at the high-level segment of the Fourteenth United Nations (UN) Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. The Congress was held in Kyoto, Japan, from 7 to 9 March 2021.
During his intervention, Secretary General Mikuriya underlined the important contribution made by Customs to crime prevention and criminal justice, and especially against illicit trade by acting as the first line of defence at borders.
Dr. Mikuriya described the WCO s recent efforts to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by providing guidance to Customs administrations in support of speedy clearance of medicines, vaccines and medical supplies, while also coordinating Operation STOP to protect citizens from attempts by criminal organizations to exploit supply chains. Going forwar
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German, Belgian and Dutch police seized 23 tons of cocaine in late February, the largest haul of the drug in the EU ever.
Those busts are the latest in a quickly escalating series of seizures, and they point to emerging smuggling routes in Latin America.
While the seizure of 23 tons of cocaine by German, Belgian and Dutch police the largest-ever haul of the drug in the European Union was noteworthy, it serves as merely the latest proof of how Europe has become the epicenter of the global cocaine trade.
In mid-February, German police discovered 16 tons of cocaine hidden in containers at the port of Hamburg, while their Belgian counterparts seized 7.2 tons of the drug in Antwerp soon after. Both forces acted after a tip-off from the Netherlands, where both shipments were bound.