By Paul Wafula More by this AuthorAt least 25 lobby groups have joined the push to have public officials who oversaw the plunder at the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa), creating overnight millionaires swiftly investigated and prosecuted. Nation Media Group exposeAdvertisementThis follows a Nation Media Group expose dubbed “Covid-19 millionaires”. Freeze accounts"The Asset Recovery Agency should act within its mandate to freeze accounts of individuals who have [been] irregularly allocated or received Covid-19 tenders and recover all Covid-19 resources that have been stolen," the statement adds. All county governments must also publish detailed expenditure information on all resources received to fight the pandemic, the lobby groups say. Others are the Kenya Legal & Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN), Transparency International Kenya, White Ribbon Alliance and Wote Youth Development Projects.

Source: Daily Nation August 24, 2020 10:02 UTC