Busia county under fire for paying Sh4.9 million to a verify hospital level

It is emerging tonight that Busia County paid a consultant 4.9 million shillings to determine whether a hospital in the county was a Level 4 or Level 5 facility, despite it already being classified as Level 5. The revelation, contained in the latest Auditor-General’s report, is now under investigation by the Senate County Public Accounts Committee during its Senate Mashinani sittings in Busia. Governor Paul Otuoma has defended the payment, saying the county sought to verify the accuracy of the hospital’s earlier classification