KEMSA scammer fears as noose tightens

Former Board Chair of Kenya Medical Supplies Authoority (KEMSA) Mr Kembi Gitura is afraid of the new direction by MPs to have those involved in the KEMSA -Covid-19 donations scandal probed further.

“If it’s a true genuine committee doing its work, they should have stopped at saying ‘we’re not able to verify the truth or otherwise of this allegation so recommend further investigations.’ But they cannot say that I be investigated with a view to being charged because they do not know what the outcome of that investigation would be,” said Gitura.

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Last week, the National Assembly’s Public Investment Committee released a report on the COVID-19 billionaires scandal, asking EACC to investigate Gitura alongside Joel Gesuka Onsare, who sat in the KEMSA board, on the award of commitment letters to Wallabis Ventures Limited, Villa Surgical Supplies and Equipment Limited.

A preliminary probe by EACC revealed that KEMSA officials flouted procurement procedures by direct sourcing, as companies with less than six months in operation easily clinched tenders without credible financial records being presented.

Nothing has been heard of the case since the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recommended further probe to the first files presented by the EACC.

The KEMSA scandal probe appeared cold until MPs spoke again.

KEMSA board is now headed by Mary Chao Mwadime.

Here, Kenyan Bulletin wrote more on the scandal in its heydays

READ:

1. KEMSA Beneficiaries: Even as DPP received files from EACC exposing Sh7.8 billion scandal, here are those that stole Sh4.5 billion
2. KEMSA Beneficiaries: Why Senator Sakaja, Gideon Moi, Sabina Chege and Speaker Lusaka are silent on Covid19 Scandal

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