“We got various requests from the Health CS, the PS Susan Mochache and a member of the Covid-19 Emergency Response Board. “We were responding to an urgent need and there was a lot of pressure from all over to procure Covid-19 related items,” said Manjari. “Before Covid-19, the N95 masks were only being used by the health workers attending to MDR patients. We had very few suppliers with the capacity to supply the N95 masks but we entered into an agreement that they supply them in July. We received a letter from the Ministry to procure items worth Sh758 million with a list attached to it,” Gitura held.

Source: The Star August 28, 2020 15:45 UTC