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Nandi Governor Stephen Sang and Health CS Susan Nakumincha during a consultative meeting in Naivasha where the controversial Managed Equipment Services (MES) health scheme was scrapped and replaced by the National Equipment Support to Counties. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Controversy continues to rock the Sh63 billion Managed Equipment Services (MES) project after the government resolved to terminate the eight-year agreement.

In 2015, the Ministry of Health signed a deal with five firms to lease equipment such as dialysis machines and MRI scanners, on behalf of 47 counties.

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