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Senate asks Kemsa not to supply drugs to counties over Sh3 billion debt

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An assortment of KEMSA supplies. [Samson Wire, Standard]

Crisis looms in the health sector after the Senate Health Committee directed the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) not to supply drugs to counties over Sh3 billion debt.

The committee asked Kemsa not to supply drugs to any county that will not have come up with a clear plan of clearing the debts owed in the next month after the Authority's acting CEO Andrew Mulwa said that some counties had up to six months arrears.

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