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Kenya: Six-Month Standoff on ARVs Ends After Deal Struck
Nation, 1 July 2021
The government has abandoned the demand that it should be the only one to distribute a Sh2.1 billion consignment of HIV drugs donated by the US, ending a six-month standoff on… Read more »
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Kenya: Sh1.2 Billion ARVs Finally Released From Port After Kenya-U.S. End Stalemate
Capital FM, 30 June 2021
Kenya and the United States governments on Wednesday said they had resolved the stalemate on the lifesaving anti-retroviral drugs, paving way for the release of the Sh1.2 billion… Read more »
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Kenya: ARVs at Centre of Tax Row Have Four Months to Expire
Nation, 26 May 2021
Some of the HIV drugs brought into the country early this year have less than four months to expire, even as the Ministry of Health and the donor engage in a tug-of-war on who… Read more »
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Kenya: Treasury Yet to Release Sh67 Million for ARVs
Nation, 15 May 2021
The National Treasury is yet to release Sh67 million to the Kenya Revenue Authority for a shipment of antiretroviral drugs that has been held at the Mombasa port for the fifth… Read more »
Six-Month Standoff on ARVs Ends After Kenya, U.S. Strike Deal
The Kenyan government has abandoned its demand that it should be the sole distributor of a U.S.$19 million consignment of HIV drugs donated by the U.S., ending a six-month standoff on distribution of the anti-retroviral drugs.
However, the two governments have reached a compromise that the consignment stuck at the Port of Mombasa will be distributed by Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (MEDS). The government had insisted that only the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency would distribute the drugs to counties.
The ARVs, among other medicines imported in January 2021, have been lying at the Port of Mombasa for six months. They were donated by the U.S. government through its aid agency USAid, and are yet to be taken to county hospitals, writes Angela Oketch for The Nation.
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