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Top official 'ordered' to give Kemsa tenders

KEMSA suspended Procurement Director, Charles Juma before Public Investments Committee in Parliament, Nairobi on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. [David Njaaga, Standard]

A suspended top official at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) says he was under pressure to unlawfully process tenders of firms awarded multi-million-shilling tenders.

Kemsa Procurement Director Charles Juma yesterday appeared before the National Assembly Public Investments Committee (PIC) where he said he had been ordered by Kemsa CEO Jonah Manjari, also suspended, to issue commitment letters – documents with no legal basis in procurement – to various suppliers.

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