Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has clarified that procurement concerns raised by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) relate to the 2024/2025 financial year and have since been addressed.
The hospital issued the clarification on Saturday after being listed among 20 public institutions flagged by the procurement regulator over their cooperation with audit and oversight processes.
KNH said there are no pending issues arising from the concerns highlighted in the report in the current financial year.
“The Hospital wishes to clarify that the issues referenced relate to the 2024/2025 financial year and have since been addressed and resolved,” KNH said in a statement.
“There are no outstanding issues relating to the matters highlighted in the report in this financial year.”
The clarification follows the release of PPRA’s annual report, which raised concerns about several public entities that had not fully cooperated with procurement inspections, assessments and reviews.
According to the regulator, some of the affected institutions failed to provide procurement records and other information requested during the oversight exercises.
The gaps made it difficult for PPRA to determine whether procurement and disposal processes at the institutions met constitutional requirements on fairness, transparency, competitiveness and value for money.
But KNH says it is open to being monitored by government regulatory agencies among others, since it is supposed to provide accountability for public resources.
It further indicated that it is endeavoring to develop its own internal control mechanisms in order to enhance accountability and proper management of public resources.
The PPRA report reviewed procurement activities in the 2024/2025 financial year and analyzed thousands of tender notices and procurement documents from public institutions.
The number of tender notices and procurement documents reviewed was 5,064, out of which 2,127 had non-compliance issues.
In the same period, public institutions awarded 25,739 contracts worth KSh219.68 billion.
But the information on contract was provided for only 11,175 out of 25,994 contract awards.
KNH’s latest response seeks to draw a distinction between the historical issues cited in the report and its current procurement practices, with the hospital maintaining that the matters affecting it have already been resolved.
