Kemsa’s hand in corrupt deals exposed

The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) colluded with companies supplying Covid-19 related materials to alter contracts mid-way by percentages that should have required a fresh tender advertisement, locking out other suppliers from the lucrative multimillion-shilling tenders.

National Assembly Public Investment Committee (PIC) established during the ongoing probe of Kemsa scandal that the agency would give a contract to a company to supply a substantially low quantities of Covid-19 materials, change the quantities midway without subject the process through competitive bidding as required by law.