In a video the lawmaker shared with kenyagist.com, he argued that the CS should refrain from making excuses claiming that it was clear money had been lost at the ministry under his watch.
While gifting Boda Boda riders Ksh2 million to facilitate training in his constituency, Amisi further rebuked the ministry disclosing that it was unfair for Kenyans to purchase face masks yet they had been donated to them.
“Our resources and our health have turned out to be the causes of our deaths. CS Health cannot run away from this. He has the highest responsibility as the Minister.
“He does not need to explain to people. Everybody knows that money has been squandered. All he needs to do for the respect of the people of Kenya and for the respect for the dead, those who have died because of the money that has been squandered, he just needs to resign,” stated Amisi.
He further observed foul play in the suspension of three officials from the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) over corruption claiming it was the ministry’s way to shift blame game.
“That is a sacrificial lamb and hogwash. You can just oversee corruption and then start sacrificing officials of the ministry. Corruption lands at the highest helm.
“If a county is corrupt, they look at the governor and if the country is corrupt they look at the president,” he added.
On Friday, August 14, KEMSA CEO Jonah Mwangi Manjari and two other officials, KEMSA commercial director Eluid Muriithi and procurement director Charles Juma, were suspended over alleged irregular procurement of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPEs).
So far,the virus has claimed 487 lives countrywide with 30,636 cases recorded.
On Sunday, August 16, NTV aired an exposé that uncovered a mega-graft scandal regarding use of billions allocated for Covid-19.
Witnesses who featured in the exposé claimed that Ksh43 billion from the fund which had been contributed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) among others could not be accounted for.
In a statement he shared on his social media page on Monday, August 17, Kagwe acknowledged that the exposé “effectively offered you meaningful insights into the magnitude of our challenge.”
He added, ” It pleases me that you now have a deeper understanding of why I am so resolute about transforming the sector, and why I have implemented the changes you are witnessing.”
To effect the changes, the CS transferred 60 officials from the ministry although eight staffers declined to comply to his orders.
21 of the staffers were redeployed to undertake different roles within the ministry while the rest were transferred to other ministries.
Below is the video:
Source: KENYAGIST.COM
