Medical Services Principal Secretary nominee, Ouma Oluga, has proposed a corruption risk assessment at the Ministry of Health to deal with the chronic corruption.
While appearing before the National Assembly Health Committee, where he was vetted for suitability for office, Oluga outlined the measure as an urgent step in the fight against corruption. "…on the governance perspective, I think it is time to do a corruption risk assessment of the Ministry of Health because we as a country have talked about the issue for so long…so we can know whether it (corruption) is real or is perceived," stated Oluga.
He was responding to a question by the MP James Nyikal led committee which had sought his strategic plan in dealing with cartels at Afya House.
Oluga who disclosed his networth to be Sh196 million, also explained that the assessment would help expose the systemic weak points usually exploited by cartels in the ministry of health, and would aid in the implementation of a corruption prevention plan as part of addressing the problem. "We have to do a corruption risk assessment and look at those weak points.
