Council of Governors chair Josephat Nanok.[Photo/the-star.co.ke]
It has now emerged that counties owe the Kenya Medical Supply Authority Sh2.6 billion.
According to the Star, the amount has accumulated over many months.
The debt has hampered services at Kemsa.
Nairobi leads with Sh285 million, followed by Nakuru at Sh147 million, Homa Bay (Sh124 million), Turkana Sh119 million and Narok Sh104 million.
The others are Meru (Sh87 million), Kisii (Sh75 million), Uasin Gishu (Sh74 million) and Murang’a (Sh61 million).
Mombasa owes the least at Sh6 million.
Kemsa is a state corporation under the Health ministry established under the Kemsa Act 2013.
Its mandate is to procure, warehouse and distribute drugs and medical supplies for prescribed public health programmes, the national strategic stock reserve, prescribed essential health packages and national referral hospitals.