By MKT Reporter
Kiambu County has cleared KSh2.06 million debts with the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) for medical supplies provided to its hospitals in the last financial year.
The county ended the year debt-free for drugs supplied to over 120 level 2–5 hospitals.
KEMSA Board Director Bernard Bett stated that counties owe KEMSA over Sh3 billion in debts and urged them to speed up the clearance of these pending bills.
“We are happy that we are making progress in engaging the counties. Our order fill rate is still at 60 per cent. We are hopeful we will get those debts cleared. By the end of the year, we shall be somewhere close to 90 per cent,” Bett said.
They have been reaching out to the Council of Governors and individual counties to ensure they pay the debts so that operations can move forward.
Kiambu Governor Paul Kimani Wamatangi stated that the county entered the 2024/25 financial year without any pending bills for goods and services rendered to the county government.
The county is the only county that transitioned to the 2023-2024 fiscal year without even one outstanding bill from the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
“I directed that departments should procure any goods and services or advertise for projects, regardless of size, only if they have the funds available. We are operating on a cash basis,” Wamatangi said.