For instance, it agreed to lower the cost of providing a drug utilisation review system from Sh2.7 billion to Sh312 million. Sh3.4 billionThe government would be billed Sh3.4 billion for primary healthcare and hospital management information systems, down from Sh9 billion. Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa said in the statement that the Safaricom consortium would invest Sh104 billion over 10 years in Kenya’s healthcare industry and deliver the Integrated Healthcare Technology System (IHTS). Apeiro Limited, the largest shareholder in the Safaricom consortium, has business links to the Adani Group, the Indian conglomerate that has sparked controversy bagging lucrative tenders in Kenya. On the IHTS, the Safaricom consortium was to invest Sh104.8 billion in the decade-long period, which would be recovered in monthly instalments starting February 2024.

Source: Daily Nation October 14, 2024 03:00 UTC