Kenya’s $580m medical equipment leasing deal ‘criminal’ -Senate panel
DUNCAN MIRIRI THE Kenyan government's deal to lease various medical equipment in a $580 million deal was a "criminal enterprise" that flooded hospitals with overpriced, unnecessary equipment, a senate committee said in a report. Kenya signed contracts with five private firms in 2015 to lease specialised equipment like CT scanners to the country's 47 county governments, who manage most health services, in a deal praised by the World Bank at the time for its ability to be replicated elsewhere on the continent. The firms included China's Shenzhen Mindray, India's Esteem Industries, General Electric and Philips. But lawmakers said the deal…