Updated Fri, November 18th 2016 at 00:00 GMT +3Alex Madaga would be alive today had there been more specialised beds at Kenyatta National Hospital. He could not be admitted as there were no vacant specialised beds in the hospital’s intensive care unit. This is only one among tens of cases where funds for critical functions at the Ministry of Health were diverted as more details of the suspected Sh3 billion scam continue to unravel. SECOND BUDGETThe Health ministry tabled a second supplementary budget within one year, a few days to the end of the financial year, thus denying MPs any chance to scrutinise the reallocation. Still in the Health ministry, allocations meant to support patients living with Aids grew five-fold to Sh648 million, a pointer to how ministries could be abusing supplementary budgets.

Source: Standard Digital November 17, 2016 18:45 UTC