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Sh86m expenditure queried as Kemsa scam resurfaces

 Kemsa Nairobi supply chain centre in Embakasi on Thursday, May 5, 2022. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

The Auditor General has raised questions on how the Health Ministry paid Sh86 million more for the construction of structures to house cancer treatment equipment in three counties.

The initial contract sum was Sh356 million, but by June 2021, Auditor General Ms Nancy Gathungu reports, that the contractor had been paid Sh442.03 million. By June 5, 2020, the sum was varied by Sh29.06 million and by September 30, 2020, by Sh57.8 million.

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