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New business model that lifts fortunes of drugs agency

Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) adopted a ‘medical supermarket’ model that has seen it record a significant increase in sales. It has also made Kemsa one of the few parastatals that no longer needs cash injections from the Treasury.PHOTO: COURTESY

An online business model is paying off for one parastatal in the face of stiff competition in supplying medicines to public health facilities.

Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) adopted a ‘medical supermarket’ model that has seen it record a significant increase in sales. It has also made Kemsa one of the few parastatals that no longer needs cash injections from the Treasury.

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