Kemsa board grilled at EACC offices over saga

KEMSA Board Chairman Kembi Gitura when appeared before the Senate Standing Joint Committee on Health and Ad-hoc Committee on COVID-19 situation in the country at Parliament on Friday August 28, 2020. [Boniface Okendo,Standard]

The board of the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) was yesterday grilled over their handling of procurement of drugs and other goods meant to address the Covid-19 pandemic.

The board, led by the chairman Kembi Gitura, was grilled at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters in Nairobi for over seven hours over unprocedural tenders worth billions.