Four arrested as police bust private clinics selling Government drugs

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua displays some of Government drugs he busted being sold at a private clinic in Machakos Town. (John Muia, Standard)

Four people suspected to be involved in theft of medicine and other medical equipment at Machakos level 5 hospital were Thursday arrested and an assortment of drugs and clinical medical gear recovered.

Two private clinics operating opposite the referral facility were also ordered closed as detectives led by Machakos District Criminal Investigations Officer (DCIO), Rhoda Kanyi intensified investigations into one of the worst scandals to hit the county’s largest healthcare facility.