US Gov't Suspends Assistance to Kenya's Ministry of Health until "Specific Conditions Are Met"
The US government has suspended any support the US offers to the Kenyan Ministry of Health with immediate effect until certain “specific conditions are met.”
The move was announced in a letter dated May 8th by USAID and signed by its Kenya and East Africa contracting officer, Brian Woody. The letter, received by Daily Nation, says activities such as salaries, operations, domestic and international travel, meetings, and workshop have been suspended.
“Any activities conducted with the MoH during the period of suspension will not be reimbursed by the United States government,” says the letter.
No reason was given for the suspension nor the conditions that the ministry will need to meet to the lift of the suspension.
The US embassy in Nairobi is set to issue a more detailed statement on the suspension on Tuesday.
Comments (5)
Every Kenyan know why. The serial and unresolved corruption scandals that have recently rocked the health ministry; over 5 Billions Kshs still missing. Uhuruto are not serious in fighting corruption.
That is in addition to doctors striking, threatening to strike again...and nurses over working,and thinking of going to work somewhere appreciative,and lucrative...
GG we have courts in Kenya n please leave uhuru out of yr bedroom maters.If money was stollen its upto courts n dpp office to investigate n prosecute if found guilty???Usa have done a good thing to do what they did.So the people in charge of health ministry can fix anything which is broken.The 5b stollen money was a propagadas by the odm hyners but pple like us who have brains to think know their stupid games they play;Yes it seems money was lost but not 5b but either way investigations need to b done n due process followed.We need to fix the constitution n give prezzo the powers he needs so he can send straight the corrupt guys to prison.
The judicial system in Kenya is useless. They send the poor people to prison and let the rich walk free. All those people dancing on the podium for the top seat should be in prison - Waiguru, Nairobi cementry, NYS Nyatta, Goldenberg scandal, Maize, 2007/08 massacre, MoH 5M, Eurobond, etc
Relathieves should be forced to return MoH money & the house in Mweiga that Muraguri is building to be taken away by MoH to recover the money