Former Attorney General Githu Muigai gave the Ministry of Health the greenlight to sign contracts for the controversial Sh63 billion medical kits project, according to documents obtained by the Star. The committee on Thursday grilled former Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu, during whose tenure the contracts were varied from Sh38 billion to Sh63 billion. According to documents obtained by the Star, the State Law Office during Githu's tenure approved the contracts, together with letters of support given to the initial five international contractors. “Arising from the above, my office hereby clears the MES contracts as well as the GoK letters of support as modified,” the document states. He maintained that the project began well and was supposed to connect various hospitals that had benefited from the MES scheme.

Source: The Star July 23, 2020 18:11 UTC