It is up to Health Cabinet secretary to end rot at Kemsa

Reports that the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) is supplying drugs to public health facilities that have expired or are non-essential are an indictment not only of the government body but also of the private sector players hired three years ago to strengthen its management. At the very least, it appears that the money used to pay the private sector and quasi-governmental institutions was akin to throwing good money after bad.

The Medical Supplies Department of the Ministry of Health, the predecessor of KEMSA, had a rich history of grand corruption going back into the 1960’s.