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Much-awaited probe report on Sh68bn health kits scandal to delay

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What you need to know:

  • The team has been investigating whether wananchi got value for money.
  • Various reports indicate some of the expensive equipment is lying idle in counties because there is no staff personnel to handle it.
  • The committee is also investigating how the contract was escalated after variation from Sh38 billion to Sh63 billion.

The much-awaited report on the Sh63 billion Managed Equipment Services (MES) scandal will now be tabled on September 8 after the Senate extended the term of the ad hoc committee conducting the investigation by 34 days.

Committee Vice-Chairman and Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang’ula asked the House to add the team more days to complete its work after it received new evidence that revealed gaps in the existing facts.