Ghost of firing Kemri’s Dr Lutomia returns to haunt Kagwe as Kemri runs short of testing kits.

And regarding the summary dismissal of Dr. Joel Lutomiah from KEMRI, it is not what you have been told. Investigations have revealed a sorry state of Kenya’s top institution tasked with research. We can authoritatively report that Dr. Lutomiah was dismissed because he has repeatedly complained over the lack of funds even after foreign governments and other organizations sent money specifically meant to boost the organization’s research capabilities.

The funds are often diverted to other areas by a cash-strapped regime that is stealing more than it is generating.

Three or four juniors have been busy reporting over Dr. Lutomiah’s complaints, which albeit justified, were deemed inconvenient by the kleptocrats.

While every serious country has a doctor running the health ministry, President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed a Bachelor of Commerce (Insurance Option) graduate to run Health. The Insurance guy does nothing other than cracking jokes, shouting and grimacing at Kenyans.

Infact Mutahi Kagwe is more useful to Eric Omondi who has seized an the moment and released a number of comedy clips on how Kagwe the grand comedian is running the show at Afya house.

Recent revelations of a Kenyan scientist Dr Benson Edegwa doing exploits in the USA should give a hint to the cluess government on how researchers and research institutions should be handled.

In his submission to the Senate ad hoc committee on Covid-19, Kemri director Yeri Kombe said on Tuesday the institution is out of equipment, supplies, reagents and materials used in screening and testing Covid-19 patients. As a result, Kombe said the institute was in dire need of Sh790 million to restock
and resume normal operations and scale-up testing. “The institute has exhausted most of the reagents and materials being utilised in screening and testing for the virus,”
Kombe said.

Will Mutahi Kagwe sack Dr Yombe for this revelation?

Now Kenyans can understand why Kagwe rushed to fire Dr. Lutomiah despite the doctor’s monumental role in establishing Kenya’s Covid-19 testing capacity. It was for pure cover up on the dire situation at Kemri.

It is a tragedy, now over 30,000 death are antivipated simply because we have a wrong man at the top of health docket.
Fire Mutahi Kagwe and let Dr Mercy Mwangangi run the show. Kagwe can be utilised at Amaco insurance