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Counties disown Kemsa PPE list

Mogotio Sub-county Hospital Medical Superintendent Angela Tengekion shows the PPE and other items that Baringo County procured for its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, July 30, 2020. 

Photo credit: Cheboite Kigen | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The number of items that the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) claims it released to county governments differs from what the devolved units say they received, raising queries about whether the agency delivered the items or counties under-declared them.
  • An official in a country in Western Kenya, who sought anonymity, said they only received 100 N95 masks from the government while the list shows they received about 1,500 PPE

Kits and equipment given by donors to fight the coronavirus pandemic may not have reached counties or the devolved units diverted them, data seen by the Nation shows.

The number of items that the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) claims it released to county governments differs from what the devolved units say they received, raising queries about whether the agency delivered the items or counties under-declared them.