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Kemsa boss now defends Sh7b procurement spree

Suspended Kemsa CEO Jonah Manjari. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa) chief executive Jonah Manjari now says that he does not know how ‘tenderprenuers’ got information that they were procuring Covid-19 essentials.

Nonetheless, Manjari admitted before the National Assembly’s Public Investment Committee (PIC) that they went ahead to give Letters of Offers to companies that came calling even before ascertaining their technical and financial capabilities to deliver the items.

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