At least 27 counties lack vital lifestyles-saving tablets after the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) stopped presenting them due to a Sh2.88 billion debt owed through devolved gadgets.
County fitness facilities are in dire want of a restock of painkillers, antibiotics, antidepressants, anti-cancer and anti-diabetic pills. Also lacking are medicines had to carry out lifestyles-saving surgical procedures such as anaesthesia.
Some of the most affected counties are Nairobi, Mombasa, Homa Bay, Kakamega, Nyamira, Trans Nzoia, Nakuru, Busia, Kisumu, Tana River, Kilifi, Kwale, Garissa, Murang’a, Meru, West Pokot, Samburu, Turkana, Marsabit, Mandera, Migori, Kiambu, Isiolo, Kwale, Vihiga, Taita-Taveta and Tharaka-Nithi.
In an distinct interview, Kemsa Chief Executive Officer Dr Andrew Mulwa stated that each one 47 counties owe the medical substances corporation a total of Sh2.88 billion as of May 29.
Kemsa receives 90 percent of its business from counties wherein it materials drugs, drugs and scientific gadget. It offers the counties a forty five-day credit length.
“We are stocked as much as 70 per cent. You can come and visit us. I will provide you with the tour myself,” the CEO said in a smartphone interview, suggesting that the problem become now not at the organization’s side, however the counties that had now not paid their money owed.
Debt
“The Sh2.88 billion debt has hampered Kemsa’s potential to restock critical scientific components,” stated the authority.
Kemsa advised the Nation that it’s far attractive the counties over debt.
“We have had negotiations with counties and they have provided Kemsa with payment plans. We are in consistent communication with Council of Governors, as well as county ministers of Health and Finance. We are also in meetings with senators to be able to unlock payments,” he stated, including that the authority has sought the support of the National Treasury for capitation.
In September closing yr, Dr Mulwa said he does no longer don’t forget arrears gathered by counties to be bad money owed because eight counties that had not paid then showed a willingness to settle the debt.
Counties that default for more than one hundred twenty days, Dr Mulwa stated, cripple the operations of Kemsa.
Of the counties with most debt, Kilifi leads with Sh275,695,597, observed by Nairobi at Sh 243,797,432 whilst Kakamega County follows with Sh 182,088,552.
Tharaka-Nithi County whose governor, Muthomi Njuki, is the chair of the Council of GovernorHealth Committee, owes Kemsa Sh180,063,569.
Machakos County owes Sh122,002,757 and is closely followed via Homa Bay at Sh 104,814,066.
The fine performers which have nearly completed paying their debts are Makueni and Wajir counties. Makueni County owes the authority Sh74,879 while Wajir is left with Sh195,323 to clean her debt.
The ultra-modern legitimate records from Kemsa dated May 29 indicates that Baringo County is meant to pay Sh50,466,192, Bomet Sh64,744,565, Bungoma Sh forty four,0.5,314, and Busia Sh seventy one,136,436.
Others are Elgeyo Marakwet Sh eighty two,432,196, Embu Sh91,619,141, Garissa Sh82,732,350, Isiolo Sh 42,057969, Kajiado Sh93,556,174, Kericho Sh 6,638,140, Kiambu Sh2,061,390 and Kirinyaga Sh 50,141,806.
Kisii county owes Kemsa Sh36,021,348, Kisumu Sh eleven,643,633, Kitui Sh13,938,1/2, Kwale Sh67,859927, Laikipia Sh 62,705,138 and Lamu Sh 23,367,503.
Mandera owes the enterprise Sh82,938,736, Marsabit Sh50,609,107, Meru Sh 85,344,071, Migori Sh54,612,600, Mombasa Sh7,313,099, Murang’a Sh19,080,420, Nakuru Sh58,351,897, Nandi Sh47,183,570, Narok Sh 78,168,500 and Nyamira Sh 39,132,229.
Others are Nyandarua Sh 24,536,262, Nyeri Sh38,980,714, Samburu Sh50,618,265, Siaya Sh61,024,588, Tana River Sh37,167,354, Trans Nzoia Sh49,314,858, Turkana Sh65,869,801, Uasin Gishu Sh58,928,154, Vihiga Sh94,426,701 and West Pokot Sh forty eight,565,617.
“My son fell ill this morning. When we took him to Makongeni dispensary in Thika town, we have been informed that almost all the medication they needed to treat him was out of inventory,” Mary Wambui, a businesswoman, told Nation on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
She had to take a loan on M-Shwari for her son to be treated at a personal clinic.
At Mbagathi Hospital, many sufferers crowded at the medical institution’s reception.
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