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Covid-19 scandal: Raila's party criticises Ruto, media coverage

ODM leader Raila Odinga addresses the media at the party’s headquarters in Nairobi on August 13, 2020.

Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Through Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna, Mr Odinga’s party said the DP suggested it is okay for the funds to be stolen as long as he is not the one to blame. 
  • The ODM official further noted the need for the Auditor-General to audit media reports on corruption at the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa) over the procurement and handling of Covid-19 protective gear. 
  • Regarding the prices of the protective gear, he said it makes sense that prices were lower before the pandemic ravaged the world.

Politician Raila Odinga’s party has told off Deputy President William Ruto following his remarks on allegations of corruption in the procurement of Covid-19 supplies.

Dr Ruto Thursday distanced himself from the “theft of Covid-19 billions” and said that “at least for once it won't be possible to be blamed for what someone said started in Wuhan as a virus, landed in Italy as a pandemic and is now in Kenya as a multi-billion shilling corruption enterprise”.