Kenyatta Hospital might be on its death bed after the its administration said a debt of Ksh7 billion was impeding efficient running of the hospital’s operations.
Appearing before the Parliamentary Investment Committee Thursday, the hospital Management could neither account for a Sh31 million irregularly paid to companies six years ago.
The hospital now fears that money irregularly credited to the accounts of Glotex Medical, Microtec Office Supplies and High Voltage Communications — which came up in an audit query of 2012-13 are lost.
The hospital was at pains to answer the audit queries after the Acting CEO, Mr Evanson Kamuri told the Members of Parliament that KNH lawyer had written to the Registrar of Companies to furnish them with the details of the companies.
The committee chair, Abdulswamad Nassir pressed the hospital management on the question of prudent fiscal management saying the amount lost was “phenomenal and have to be traced as the firms were paid with cheques whose counterfoils were retained by KNH”.
“Was there no clarity on where the companies were when the facility was engaging the firms in the contracts?” the MP asked.
While the facility said the National Hospital Insurance Fund owes it some Sh1.3 billion, NHIF said the only amount of money they will pay KNH is Sh56 million.
“The unpaid debts have greatly impaired our operations,” said Ag CEO Kamuri.