Health ministry opposes plan to end Kemsa monopoly

Kemsa offices

The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority's offices in Industrial Area, Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

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The Ministry of Health has opposed plans to strip the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) of exclusive rights to sell drugs and medical kits to county and national health facilities.

Principal Secretary for Health Susan Mochache told Parliament that allowing counties to bypass Kemsa would lead to expensive drugs from private pharmaceutical firms and derail the attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

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