{"id":31146,"date":"2021-07-09T15:06:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T15:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=31146"},"modified":"2021-07-09T13:45:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T13:45:14","slug":"kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction","title":{"rendered":"Kenyans to Lose Ksh 2.3B in Govt Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochahe on Thursday, July 8 confirmed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) cleared Kenya Medical Supply Authority(KEMSA) to auction coronavirus protection kits purchased at inflated prices.<\/p>\n<p>PS Mochache stated the sale clearance that is going to see taxpayers lose Ksh2.3 billion had already been sent to the Cabinet for approval.<\/p>\n<p>KEMSA purchased the protective equipment at Ksh6.3 billion in a procurement the EACC viewed as irregular and recommended legal action against some top officials.<\/p>\n<p>Audit findings indicate that KEMSA will lose Ksh2.33 billion if the kits currently stuck at the warehouse are sold at the current prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ministry resubmitted the memo on July 6, 2021, communicating the clearance of the EACC and sought approval for disposal of the commodities which the country needs at this time when there is a surge which is expected to culminate into a fourth wave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe matter is under consideration and discussion is to be made by the Cabinet,\u201d Mochache stated while appearing before the National Assembly Public Investment Committee (PIC)<\/p>\n<p>Various instances of inflated prices of the products were realized by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no evidence of indicative price indices obtained through market survey,\u201d PPRA noted.<\/p>\n<p>The PPRA also raised the issue that the tenders were retrospectively negotiated and evaluated after the deliveries and some of the prices were not as proposed.<\/p>\n<p>The audit also revealed that KEMSA officials also rejected discount deals offered by some potential suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>A forensic audit by the Auditor-General revealed that KEMSA officials paid for a pack of 50 face masks at higher prices than quoted by the supplier.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, over 95 percent of the pandemic-related items have been in the KEMSA warehouse for more than a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochahe on Thursday, July 8 confirmed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) cleared Kenya Medical Supply Authority(KEMSA) to auction coronavirus protection kits purchased at inflated prices. PS Mochache stated the sale clearance that is going to see taxpayers lose Ksh2.3 billion had already been sent to the Cabinet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":31145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8,16],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-31146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenyans to Lose Ksh 2.3B in Govt Auction - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochahe on Thursday, July 8 confirmed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kenyans to Lose Ksh 2.3B in Govt Auction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochahe on Thursday, July 8 confirmed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-09T15:06:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/img-60e852d30db16.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kenyans to Lose Ksh 2.3B in Govt Auction\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-09T15:06:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction\"},\"wordCount\":296,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/img-60e852d30db16.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction\",\"name\":\"Kenyans to Lose Ksh 2.3B in Govt Auction - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/img-60e852d30db16.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-09T15:06:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochahe on Thursday, July 8 confirmed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/img-60e852d30db16.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/img-60e852d30db16.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":360,\"caption\":\"Kenyans to Lose Ksh 2.3B in Govt Auction\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kenyans to Lose Ksh 2.3B in Govt Auction\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kenyans to Lose Ksh 2.3B in Govt Auction - kenya","description":"Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochahe on Thursday, July 8 confirmed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kenyans to Lose Ksh 2.3B in Govt Auction","og_description":"Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochahe on Thursday, July 8 confirmed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-07-09T15:06:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":360,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/img-60e852d30db16.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Kenyans to Lose Ksh 2.3B in Govt Auction","datePublished":"2021-07-09T15:06:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction"},"wordCount":296,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/img-60e852d30db16.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Kenya","Kenya"],"articleSection":["all news","economy","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction","name":"Kenyans to Lose Ksh 2.3B in Govt Auction - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/img-60e852d30db16.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-09T15:06:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochahe on Thursday, July 8 confirmed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/img-60e852d30db16.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/img-60e852d30db16.jpg","width":720,"height":360,"caption":"Kenyans to Lose Ksh 2.3B in Govt Auction"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyans-to-lose-ksh-2-3b-in-govt-auction#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kenyans to Lose Ksh 2.3B in Govt Auction"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}