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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> A director of a firm that supplied Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) with Covid-19 items worth Sh42 million told MPs that she bagged the deal through prayers.<\/p>\n

Leon Interior and Design owner Eunice Cherono yesterday told lawmakers investigating the alleged corruption in the Covid-19 supplies that no godfather pushed for her company to win the contract.<\/p>\n

Cherono, a practising nurse, told the Public Investment Committee chaired by Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff that she was assisted by a stranger at the agency when she visited to make inquiries about the supplies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually talked to the receptionist who asked me about what I wanted. I told her I wanted to supply masks. We were many, so they asked those who wanted to supply masks and we raised our hands,\u201d said Cherono.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t know anyone there. I just relied on prayer. My situation was bad and I prayed about this. I can tell you without fear that God directed me there. I prayed and my prayer was answered,” she said.<\/p>\n

She told the committee that she was already praying to win a deal in the supply of Covid-19 vaccine that is set to land in the country today.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you pray, you ask God to help you; but you don’t just sit down in the house and pray. Actually, it (vaccine) is on my programme. We communicate everything in prayers. I think I will consider it because it has come to my mind,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

This was in response to a question by Ruaraka MP T J Kajwang’ on why God had not directed her to win a deal to supply vaccines for the viral disease.<\/p>\n

According to a document tabled before the committee, the firm was handed a commitment letter on April 30, 2020, even though its letter for the intent was written on May 6, 2020.<\/p>\n

MP Hassan Omar (Mandera East) said it was surprising that the company won the deal even before writing to show interest in the contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou wrote an intent letter on May 6 and you were given a commitment letter on April 30. How does this add up,” asked Omar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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