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I'll never accept the Sh38 billion medical equipment, says Governor Akaranga

Standard Group CEO Sam Shollei is received by Vihiga County Governor Moses Akaranga (right) when Shollei visited his office on June 8, 2015. [PHOTO/Benjamin Sakwa/STANDARD]

Vihiga Governor Moses Akaranga has insisted he will not sign the Sh38 billion medical equipment lease offered by national government to counties.

The governor said the mere fact that Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia failed to meet governors in their recent meeting to deliberate on the same was suspicious enough to make the county bosses worried about the deal.

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