God Directed Me To KEMSA, “Covid Millionaire” Tells Probe Team
If you no longer believe in the power of prayer, you might want to revisit your religious beliefs. I know I am.
This is after the director of a firm that won a tender at Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) swore by prayers as the driving force behind her successful bid for the multi-million deal.
Eunice Cherono, who owns Leon Interior and Design, made the revelation Tuesday when she appeared before the parliamentary committee probing alleged corruption in the Kemsa sacndal.
Cherono, a practising nurse, told the Public Investment Committee chaired by Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff that God directed her to KEMSA where she supplied Covid-19 items worth Sh42 million.
Prayers Won Me Ksh 40M KEMSA Tender-Nurse Tells MPs
3 March 2021 - 8:47 am
Eunice Cherono, Director of Leon Interior and Design appearing before the Public Investment Committee on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
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A practicing nurse who supplied Ksh 42 million Covid-19 items to Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) told Members of Parliament that it was because of prayers that she won the tender.
Eunice Cherono, the Director of Leon Interior and Design on Tuesday, March 2 told the MPs investigating the alleged Covid -19 Kemsa that she sort the tender out of her own volition and without any godfather. I didn t know anyone there. I just relied on prayer. My situation was bad and I prayed about this. I can tell you without fear that God directed me there. I prayed and my prayer was answered, she said.
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Leon Interior and Design owner Eunice Cherono when she appeared before the Public Investments Committee (PIC) at the Parliament buildings, Nairobi on March 2, 2021. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]
A director of a firm that supplied Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) with Covid-19 items worth Sh42 million told MPs that she bagged the deal through prayers.
Leon Interior and Design owner Eunice Cherono yesterday told lawmakers investigating the alleged corruption in the Covid-19 supplies that no godfather pushed for her company to win the contract.
Cherono, a practising nurse, told the Public Investment Committee chaired by Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff that she was assisted by a stranger at the agency when she visited to make inquiries about the supplies.
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