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Tom Odula April 23, 2021 - 9:53 PM NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyans living with HIV say their lives are in danger due to a shortage of anti-retroviral drugs donated by the United States amid a dispute between the U.S. aid agency and the Kenyan government. The delayed release of the drugs shipped to Kenya late last year is due to the government slapping a $847,902 tax on the donation, and the U.S. aid agency having “trust” issues with the graft-tainted Kenya Medical Supplies Authority, activists and officials said. Activists on Friday dismissed as “public rel...

April 24, 2021 Share Kenyans living with HIV say their lives are in danger due to a shortage of anti-retroviral drugs donated by the United States amid a dispute between the U.S. aid agency and the Kenyan government. The delayed release of the drugs shipped to Kenya late last year is due to the government slapping a $847,902 tax on the donation, and the U.S. aid agency having “trust” issues with the graft-tainted Kenya Medical Supplies Authority, activists and officials said. Activists on Friday dismissed as “public relations” the government’s statement on Thursday that it h...

A cry for help!: HIV/AIDS patients in Kenya decry ARV drugs shortage Africanews 3 hrs ago © TONY KARUMBA/AFP Kenyan HIV/AIDS patients decry shortage of ARV's as government imposes taxes on donated drugs. In Kenya, persons living with HIV/AIDS fear dying because of a shortage of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) to save them from the disease. The patients have begun to pile pressure on the government with protests. Protesters wore t-shirts and carried posters with slogans like "A sick nation is a dead nation", "Killer government" and "Release ARVs." They are demanding that the government relea...