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Dr. Philip Kirwa, CEO of Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret, when he appeared before the National Assembly's Health Committee on February 19th,2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]
The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) is under scrutiny over audit queries for the financial year 2019/2020, which revealed that expired medicine worth Sh4.5 million had been included in the inventories.
The audit also raised concerns over irregular payment of interns, unauthorised extension of credit services, unsupported medical records and accountable documents, as well as anomalies in budgetary control and performance, among other issues.
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