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Selfish interests that killed Sh63b medical kits probe

Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

A disagreement over inclusion of names of persons deemed culpable in the Sh63 billion medical equipment leasing project fanned rejection of a report by the Senate, the Sunday Standard can reveal.

After spending more than Sh11 million of taxpayers' money and about a year in sittings to investigate the Managed Equipment Services (MES) project, a report by the Ad Hoc Committee was dumped in the dustbin to safeguard self-interests.

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