Confliting repors from Kemri as to why the top Scientist was fired by the Cs for health. Some researchers at Kemri say that Dr Lutomia was dismissed for raising serious questions regarding the funding of the financially starved institution to carry out its mandate.
The researchers claim that they had only received gumboots from the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency as personal protective gear last month.
Dr Lutomia had apparently raised the issue with the ministry severally but received no satisfactory feedback. His colleagues say that he had even threatened to stop the tests citing frustrations by government.
“He demanded answers and even threatened to stop the tests if we were not given the protective equipment. This is why he has been removed from the position. He is firm, ” said one of the researchers, who insisted that his dismissal was irregular.
