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Fund withholds Sh40 billion over graft

Protesters arrested at the Kencom bus terminus in Nairobi are bundled into a police van on August 21, 2020.  

Photo credit: Francis Nderitu | Nation Media Group

By  Angela Oketch

Content Lead Health and Science

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Only three African countries – Kenya, South Africa and Ethiopia – have been getting the grants in cash but the agency has lost trust in Kenya.
  • The latest scandal in the ministry has already claimed its first casualties.

The Global Fund will no longer give Kenya cash grants due to fears of corruption.

The Fund, which supports HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria programmes, said it would instead buy the medical supplies needed by the country.

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