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A Nairobi county official has denied dressing inappropriately during a Zoom meeting with the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday morning. Mr Hitan Majevdia, the County Executive for Health, was allegedly dressed in a bathrobe when he appeared before the committee to answer queries on the utiliza
Wambora found himself on receiving end of a Senate committee after admitting to have instructed Auditor General to halt audit of Covid expenditure.
Of the 47 senators, 25 voted to oust Wajir Governor Mohamed Abdi Mohamud, with four abstaining while two voted against the motion.
The changes at KEMSA, reports suggest, were influenced by President Kenyatta’s Tuesday meeting with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who expressed concern over lack of accountability at the medical supplies agency. Little is known about the incoming KEMSA Board boss, Mwadime. A background search indicates she worked in Liberia as USAID’s Officer in charge of Acquisition and Assistance. Kenya has been accused of jeopardising ARV distribution after imposing a Sh45 million importation tax on the retroviral drugs early this year. The tax demand was later rescinded by the National Tre...
POLITICS Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o. [David Njaaga, Standard] Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o and his embattled Wajir counterpart Mohamed Mohamud were on Friday put on the spot over expenditure of Covid-19 related funds. A Senate committee investigating the Sh4 billion scandal involving the 47 counties put the pair to task to shed light on audit queries raised by Auditor General Nancy Gathungu in a special audit report. In an earlier sitting, Prof Nyong’o was pressed to explain why his county banked conditional grants from the national government worth Sh159 million meant for C...