Nairobi, April 16 -- MPs are investigating how a company contracted by the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) may have deliberately delayed the completion of construction works to siphon off public funds through cost variations, as well as exchange rate fluctuations.

The matter has since been flagged by the Office of the Auditor-General in a report to Parliament on Kemsa's accounts for the 2017/18 financial year.

The National Assembly's Public Investment Committee on Social Services, Administration and Agriculture (PIC-SSAA), which is considering the audit report, has already raised questions about how Meditec Systems limited was contracted by Kemsa.

Meditec Systems limited was contracted by Kemsa on November 28, 2012 for USD 3,3...