Kenya Kwanza presidential flag bearer, DP William Ruto now blames the government for importing medical fluids used in hospitals. Something he calls mere importation of water.
While talking about his health agenda on Monday, June 27, the deputy president stated that he wonders why the government imports intravenous fluids. According to Ruto, the fluids can be locally produces since 95 per cent of their composition is water.
“We are currently buying health fluids, the drips we have, which is 95% water. So basically we are importing water from other countries and we are paying for it,” said Ruto.
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Moreover, William Ruto promised to deliberately increase local manufacturing to create jobs, if he clinches the country’s top seat.
“It is time we make sure we scale up our manufacturing locally of pharmaceutical commodities. It must be deliberate and informed by our desire to create local jobs,” he added.
Furthermore, Ruto said Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) is managed by cartels who are responsible for difficulties experienced by local manufacturers of pharmaceutical commodities.
“I was talking to a gentleman who produces medical commodities and he told me he supplies everywhere else apart from Kenya. He cannot access the Kenyan market yet he is a Kenyan producing in Kenya and it is because of the cartels around KEMSA and that whole space. We must break the cartels and make it possible for manufacturing of pharmaceutical commodities to happen in Kenya,” stated the DP.