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Dr Josephine Mburu, the Health PS Ruto fired over Kemsa scandal

Dr Josephine Mburu, the Public Health PS who was fired by President William Ruto on Monday, May 15, 2023, over the fresh Sh3.7 billion mosquito nets scandal at the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency. [Fle, Standard]

Dr Josephine Mburu has become the first high-ranking officer in the Kenya Kwanza administration to be dismissed, barely five months into office.

This is after President William Ruto on Monday, May 15 terminated Mburu's appointment as the Principal Secretary of the State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards over graft allegations on the donor-funded National Malaria Programme.

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