Pharmacy and Poisons Board CEO Ahmed Mohammed, during an interview in Nairobi on August 17, 2026. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]
When a patient walks into a pharmacy and buys a packet of medicine, the intention is simple: To treat or manage a health condition.
But what happens when that medicine is fake, substandard, illegally imported, or has been poorly stored?
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