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There have been press reports recently regarding who between the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) and Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists’ Board (KMLTTB) has the capacity to validate and verify Covid-19 testing equipment and test kits, and approve them.
This unnecessary confusion would not have arisen had the then Health Cabinet Secretary Cleophas Mailu not usurped the authority of regulators in the Ministry of Health and issued circulars that are not backed by law.
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