The United States Ambassador to Kenya Kyle Mccarter on Sunday exposed Kericho Governor Paul Chepkwony for relaunching a Covid-19 testing centre which the had already launched on January 30th.
The governor on Sunday posted on his Twitter account that he was proud to unveil the KEMRI/Walter Reed laboratory that would be able to conduct up to 2000 COVID-19 tests a day without crediting the U.S who were the sponsors.
KERICHO COUNTYREADY FOR MASS #Covid_19 TESTING. THREAD
I am proud to unveil mass COVID-19 testing at the KEMRI/Walter Reed Laboratory in Kericho today.
We are proud of our collaboration with KEMRI which means that we can now conduct up to 2000 COVID19 tests per day. pic.twitter.com/ctw99HQYCE— Prof. Paul Kiprono Chepkwony (@GVNChepkwony) April 24, 2020
It only took a curious Kenyan who questioned the funding of the equipment for the truth to come out, McCarter responded to the tweet questioning the project’s funding, revealing that the equipment was U.S funded and had already been unveiled in January.
You mean this equipment bought by the USA unveiled Jan30, 2020 pic.twitter.com/AM5UiMiJ4v
— U.S. Ambassador Meg Whitman (@USAmbKenya) April 25, 2020
Kenyans were quick to call out the governor:
How much did you plan to buy them have you not been exposed @GVNChepkwony ? @USAmbKenya usifumbwe macho hii ni Kenya.
— Electrician (@nyakwaronduru) April 26, 2020
“Simple he wanted to put it in his budget and swindle it, Kenyans can steal from sick and dying.” a facebook user Philip Kinuthia Kiambuthi wrote.
