Pressure mounts on Muraguri to quit as EACC storms ministry

Health principal secretary Nicholus Muraguri at Afya House, the ministry has been accused of the loss of Sh5 Billion which was misappropriated through diversion of funds, double payment for goods and manipulation of the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMIS) 28/10/16 [Photo:BEVERLYNE MUSILI/Standard]

There was a series of activities yesterday at Afya House, the building that houses the Ministry of Health as search for details around the Sh5.3 billion scandal ensued.

As the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) raided and searched through the building for documents, Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu stood his ground against calls that he and his Principal Secretary Nicholas Muraguri resign over the alleged rip off. At the same time, nurses joined the growing chorus of those calling on heads to roll at Afya House. Dr Mailu called on Kenyans to exercise patience and await for the conclusive report of the investigators, promising that anyone who will be implicated will carry his/her own cross.