Kemsa has been a problem in giving us drugs just because we had an unpaid bill with them," Mbatia said. In 2017, the authority stopped supplying medicine to Nairobi hospitals over a Sh285 million debt. In May that year, the county said it would buy from private suppliers after Kemsa suspended supplies because of a Sh284 million debt. Drugs worth Sh66.93 million were distributed to the top four county hospitals and other health centres across the wards. Kilifi followed with a Sh199.1 million debt, Kiambu with Sh141.6 million, Busia Sh119.08 million and Vihiga Sh114.4 million.

Source: The Star June 02, 2021 19:07 UTC