Drugs agency defies court on university course inspections
Thursday June 03 2021
By SAM KIPLAGAT
The drugs regulator has defied the courts after it announced a schedule to inspect universities and colleges offering pharmaceutical courses.
In a letter to universities and colleges, the Pharmacy and Poisons Board has informed the institutions it will conduct the inspections between June 6 and June 9.
The move is in conflict with the law and court orders that demand the universities regulator Commission of University Education (CUE) to conduct the quality checks.
This comes at a time the government its agencies are the spot for defying court orders.
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A picture of Yala town in Siaya County in a picture taken on July 18, 2020. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)
The once vibrant Yala town is now in the doldrums after the closure of Odera Akang’o College campus that gave it a lifeline.
When the campus that was a constituent college of Moi University was shut in 2019, the livelihoods of more than 50,000 people was affected.
The town, situated along Kisumu-Busia highway in Gem Sub-county, suffered as a result of closed businesses, deserted restaurants and vacant rental houses. Business people and residents now say the town has lost its glory.
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