Counties claim Kemsa malaria diagnosis kit faulty

Malaria testing. Malaria is the second biggest cause of illness in Kenya. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Governors have locked horns with the State’s drugs agency over supply of faulty microscopes for malaria diagnosis in the last financial year.

Through their lobby, the Council of Governors, the county chiefs said a number of microscopes procured by the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) under the national malaria programme in 2017/18 are not functional.

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