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Moses Nyamori |
January 29th 2021 at 01:00:00 GMT +0300
A section of the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) headquarters at an Industrial area in Nairobi. August 27th, 2020 [Elvis Ogina, Standard]
Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) rejected an offer to procure personal protective equipment (PPE) at Sh4,500 and instead bought them for Sh9,000 per unit.
That decision by the agency cost the taxpayers at least Sh1.6 billion.
Northlink General Suppliers – a company that traded with the agencies in the supply of Covid-19 equipment – yesterday told members of Public Investment Committee (PIC) that it sought to supply PPEs at Sh4,590 per piece, 3 ply surgical masks at Sh90 per unit and N95 masks Sh900.
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Public Investment Committee (PIC) chairman Abdulswamad Nasir Shariff (right) with Likoni MP Mishi Mboko during the committee’s sitting at Parliament Nairobi yesterday. [David Njaaga, Standard]
MPs investigating the purchase of the Sh.7.8 billion Covid-19-related materials by Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) are reading mischief in claims of errors in an audit on some of the payments.
An Auditor General’s special report had indicated that Shop N Buy Company received Sh970 million while Nanopay was paid Sh340 million.
But the Auditor General’s office now claims an error in its report saying Nanopay only received Sh34 million. It did not immediately provide details of the errors in payments to Shop N Buy.
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Public Investment Committee (PIC) chairman Abdulswamad Nasir Shariff (right) with Likoni MP Mishi Mboko during the committee’s sitting at Parliament Nairobi yesterday. [David Njaaga, Standard]
MPs investigating the purchase of the Sh.7.8 billion Covid-19-related materials by Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) are reading mischief in claims of errors in an audit on some of the payments.
An Auditor General’s special report had indicated that Shop N Buy Company received Sh970 million while Nanopay was paid Sh340 million.
But the Auditor General’s office now claims an error in its report saying Nanopay only received Sh34 million. It did not immediately provide details of the errors in payments to Shop N Buy.