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How PS Nicholas Muraguri hid Sh63bn medical kit lease tender

Lands Principal Secretary Nicholas Muraguri

Lands Principal Secretary Nicholas Muraguri.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Under the controversial MES deal, the national government contracted five firms to supply specialised equipment under a leasing deal for the diagnosis and treatment of ailments such as cancer in 2015.
  • GE East Africa, a local company that does not manufacture medical kits won a Sh24.06 billion contract to supply radiology kits to level 4, 5 and 6 hospitals in the counties.

Lands Principal Secretary Nicholas Muraguri denied former Health Secretary Cleopha Mailu access to crucial contract documents in the botched Sh63 billion medical leasing deal,  a report says.

The Senate committee probing the medical equipment services deal says Mr Muraguri hid the contracts and other supporting documents on grounds that they were ‘secret’.