Currently, Kenya has 1.378 million people living with HIV despite having recorded a 68 per cent reduction in AIDS-related deaths since 2013. Official data shows that 78 per cent of people living ...

The Ministry of Health, on Wednesday, January 15, refuted claims that the country was experiencing an Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs shortage. Through the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) Chief ...

Mr Kagwe, the Agriculture Cabinet Secretary nominee, was hard-pressed to explain his role in the scandals at the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa) during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the ban of ...

The latest tension arises from PS Harry Kimtai's decision to appoint former Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) boss Andrew Mulwa to head the National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCOP).

This prompted former President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve the entire board. In response, Kagwe said that he fought a bruising battle with the cartels at the Health Ministry by changing the staff at ...

The situation has roots in deeper systemic issues. Last year, over one million condoms, 908,000 mosquito nets, and tuberculosis drugs worth Sh10 million disappeared from Kenya Medical Supplies ...

Barely five days after Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Mulongo revoked the deployment of former Chief Executive Officer at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) Andrew Mulwa to the National ...

With the shortlisting, which comes hot on the heels of Cabinet changes, some of the current PSs could be sent packing. In the Cabinet changes, President Ruto handed plum posts to Raila Odinga men ...

"Kemsa's biggest issue is procurement. When the President appointed me, he called me and told me what he wants, and why he picked me. He told me when I get there to beware of cartels," he said.

Neither sacked Public Health PS Josephine Mburu and board chairman Daniel Rono, nor the suspended Kemsa CEO Terry Ramadhani even came close to owning up to the irregularities that led to the ...