COVID-19 :KENYATTA'S FAMILY IN 63 BILLION ILLEGAL HEALTH DEAL
When Jubilee government launched the multibillion shilling medical equipment leasing plan in 2013, it was billed as an answer to the country’s health challenges. The move was expected to bring specialised healthcare services closer to the people Seven years later, county governments are complaining that they are paying more than double the agreed cost of leasing the equipment from the national government. State House was aware of multi-billion price variations in the controversy-ridden Sh63 billion medical equipment leasing deals for counties. Council of Governors (CoG) chairman, Wycliffe Oparanya (Kakamega) told the Senate committee probing the Managed Equipment Service (MES) that the county bosses protested to President Uhuru Kenyatta about the price variations. Governor Oparanya told the Senate team that during a meeting between governors and the president, they questioned why each county had been asked to pay Sh200 million annually up fro...