Employees from the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) have been allegedly working together with unlicensed traders to supply expired drugs to unsuspecting clients
This emergence comes after an operation carried out by the police and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board found a a huge supply of surgical gloves, X-ray protective gowns, drugs, surgical syringes and sutures labelled as government property at a private residence in Parklands, Nairobi.
Police seized the supplies and included was also the equipment used to repackage drugs and change expiry dates and arrested a man in connection with the matter.
Joshua Plekwa who is the Senior Inspector at the Poisons board said that most of the drugs were outdated.
It emerged that the main participants in the trade are connected with KEMSA officials hence making it easy for the drugs to be supplied to various medical camps.
KEMSA confirmed that drugs given for free at medical camps should still have a shelf life of 6 months and hence should not be supplied to hospitals.
Fredrick Wanyonyi who is the KEMSA acting chief executive has been called upon by Senators to give an explanation on the Auditor-General's report that shows that the agency had stocks of expired drugs worth Sh323 Million.