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MPs accuse anti-graft body, DPP of collusion in Kemsa scandal probe

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Principal Secretary, State Department for Medical Services Harry Kimtai when he appeared before the National Assembly's Health committee at the Bunge Towers. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The back and forth transmission of files between the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has been blamed for the delayed prosecution of suspects in the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) scandal related to procurement of Covid-19 supplies.

This emerged yesterday even as the Medical Services Principal Secretary Harry Kimtai was fined Sh500,000 by a parliamentary committee for providing unsatisfactory answers on the status of the Kemsa scandal probe by the ministry.

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