The Council of Governors chairman Peter Munya is calling for thorough investigations into the Sh5.3 billion scandal at the Health ministry in order to bring the culprits to book.
He said the scam shows how counties are denied cash thereby crippling health services in devolved units.
“This is against the Public Financial Management Act and anybody mentioned in such a mega scandal must face the full force of the law,” Munya said as quoted by the Star.
He cited the maternity programme which he said was the most affected because some people divert money meant for it to fictitious suppliers.
“We have on many occasions questioned the whereabouts of the money for maternity and other programmes. Now we know where it has been taken,” he added.
The Meru Governor wondered how the national government with only foru hospitals is allocated Sh50 billion while counties are given Sh45 billion yet most of the health services have been devolved.
“The national government retains more money, yet its services are fewer than those of the county governments,” he said.
Munya said the scandal shows the counties are being starved deliberately to create room for looting.
He urged Parliament to increase health allocations to the counties to support effective service delivery, while calling for a complete devolution of health functions.
Munya who was accompanied by his colleagues Jack Ranguma of Kisumu and Sospeter Ojaamong (Busia), made the remarks when he took the devolution torch to Kisumu county