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Health PS Susan Mochache before the Public Investment Committee on Tuesday, November 17 2020. [David Njaaga, Standard]
The Ministry of Health is at pains to explain whether the public got value for money from the controversial lease of medical equipment worth over Sh63 billion.
Appearing before the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today, Ministry of Health officials were pressed to clarify why the equipment in Kakamega, Elgeyo Marakwet, Murang a, Samburu, Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Lamu and Machakos counties had not been put into use yet they continue to incur costs.
Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache, appearing before the MPs, was on the spot when they demanded a detailed explanation of why the ministry signed and later varied the contracts for the Managed Equipment Services (MES), yet a needs assessment report was not done.
Medipass Acquires Oxford and Wolverhampton MES Projects
LONDON, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Medipass Healthcare, a leading provider of Managed Equipment Services (MES) to the cancer care sector, is pleased to announce its acquisition of the MES and related contracts of Impregilo New Cross (INC) MES Division, a fully owned subsidiary of WeBuild S.p.A. Medipass s newest projects are located at the Churchill Hospital, which is part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and at the New Cross Hospital, part of the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.
The acquisition builds on Medipass s existing strengths in bringing advanced medical equipment to leading cancer care centres across the UK. Under contract to
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Team to help track medical project lost county billions
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Graham Kajilwa | December 19th 2020 at 12:00:00 GMT +0300
KNH Chairman George Ooko when he appeared before the National Assembly Health Committee. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]
A team has been picked to look into the Sh63 billion Managed Equipment Services (MES) deal that sought to upgrade medical infrastructure in counties.
The team, led by Kenyatta National Hospital board chair George Ooko, has members drawn from the Ministry of Health, National Treasury, Council of Governors, Kenyatta University and The University of Nairobi.
The team was inaugurated on Thursday by Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe and comes just months after the Senate Adhoc Committee ruled in September that the deal was questionable. The verdict was made in a 395-page document which was forwarded to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission(EACC).