By PETER LEFTIEMore by this AuthorNational Super Alliance (Nasa) Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has blamed the Jubilee administration for the decision by the US government to withdraw funding to the health sector. In a statement from Jerusalem, Israel where is attending an international conference, Mr Odinga blamed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s reluctance to act on corruption in the health ministry for the US government’s decision, citing the Sh5.3 billion scandal at the health ministry last year. The US government has taken the unfortunate step of suspending its support for Kenya’s health sector because of corruption in the parent ministry. Mr Odinga censured the government’s failure to prosecute the owners of the companies which benefitted from the Sh5.3 billion scandal at the Ministry, whom he claimed were well known to the President. “Only recently, the man who supervised this grand theft, Dr Nicholas Muraguri, was transferred to a more lucrative ministry instead of being sacked and prosecuted,” Mr Odinga stated.

Source: Daily Nation May 09, 2017 14:48 UTC