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Medical research in limbo as US threatens cuts over Sh300m lost at Kemri

The US government has threatened further budget cuts to Kenya’s largest medical research agency over what it terms lack of financial accountability.

On Monday, US Ambassador Robert Godec told The Standard several Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) programmes had failed to account for up to Sh300 million advanced to them for research.

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