According to the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), only two counties — Kajiado and Taita Taveta — have requested for a certificate of disposal in the last 10 years.
Hospitals are required to acquire a disposal certificate for all expired drugs from PPB before disposing of them.
County governments have been put on the spot for keeping expired drugs in their custody, exposing the public to unsafe medicines. According to the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), only two counties — Kajiado and Taita Taveta — have requested for a certificate of disposal in the last 10 years.Hospitals are required toacquire a disposal certificate for all expired drugs from PPB before disposing of them.
According to PPB senior inspector of drugs Julius Kaluai, despite the board writing to the Council of Governors on handling expired drugs, a majority of counties were non-compliant.
