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Acting KEMSA CEO Andrew Mulwa faces Health committee over mosquito nets scandal

By Mercy Kahenda and Brenda Czeda | Jun. 20, 2023

**Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) offices in Nairobi.** [Standard, File]

Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) Acting CEO, Andrew Mulwa, is under scrutiny for authorizing a Health ministry official to issue a memo leading to alterations to specifications of mosquito nets valued at Sh3.7 billion.

Mulwa, who was the Director of Preventive Promotive and Strategic Programs at the Ministry of Health at the time, stated that his decision was based on advice from an unnamed individual who raised concerns about contract specifications and gaps that needed to be addressed.

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