A angry exchange ensued between Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission CEO Twalib Mbarak and senators over investigations into procurement irregularities in the Sh1 billion portable clinics. Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Health demanded details of the probe but Mbarak declined, saying doing so would jeopardise the investigations. Senators had requested the list of 10 companies and directors that the Ministry of Health had invited for a restricted tendering for the project. The ministry had planned to construct clinics in the informal settlements but the venture was shelved and the portable clinics introduced. Nominated Senator Mary Seneta told Mbarak not to hold on to the information “by hiding behind legal procedures and processes”.

Source: The Star September 29, 2020 20:15 UTC