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Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia during World Malaria Day Stakeholder Breakfast meeting in April. [Photo: Andrew Kilonzi/Standard]
Kenya: Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has defended the controversial Sh38 billion medical equipment saying that it was demand driven and not as a request from counties.
CS Macharia further clarified that the project is not leasing or buying equipment, but procuring services. Senators faulted the managed equipment service saying health is a fully devolved function, but Macharia maintained the project was driven by public demand and not counties.
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