{"id":2079,"date":"2021-07-07T11:13:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T11:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=2079"},"modified":"2021-07-07T11:13:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T11:13:19","slug":"kra-demands-sh8-million-in-tax-to-release-sh92million-kakamega-county-oxygen-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=2079","title":{"rendered":"KRA demands Sh8 million in tax to release Sh92million Kakamega County oxygen plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Andrew Ombuni <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kakamega <\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Government is frustrating efforts by the\ncounty governments in the fight against Covid19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost public hospitals have been overwhelmed by the increasing number of desperate Covid-19 patients seeking treatment as the number of deaths continue to rise,\u201d said Governor Wycliffe Oparanya. <\/code><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Besides the late disbursement of county sharable revenue\nby the National Treasury, the national government through the Kenya Revenue Authority\n(KRA) is holding onto an oxygen plant that was imported by Kakamega County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KRA has slapped the county government with Sh8million tax\nin order to release its oxygen plant that is currently at the port of Mombasa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The oxygen plant that produces 1000 litres per minute was\nprocured at Sh92 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe hospital has been admitting patients from the neighboring Counties in critical conditions who can only survive on a high oxygen flow machine. This has led to high oxygen intake thereby outstripping the supply by the plant. We are urging the national treasury to intervene and have KRA release the oxygen plant,\u201d said Oparanya. <\/code><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost public\nhospitals have been overwhelmed by the increasing number of desperate Covid-19\npatients seeking treatment as the number of deaths continue to rise,\u201d said Governor\nWycliffe Oparanya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oparanya said due\nto the high positivity rate of infections in the 13 counties of the Lake Region\nEconomic Bloc, the county has been bearing the burden of providing medical care\nfrom Covid-19 patients from neighboring Counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kakamega County\nGeneral Hospital (KCGH) is currently facing serious shortage of oxygen. The\ncurrent oxygen plant, which is the main supplier of oxygen to the facility, has\nbeen outstripped by the demand and yet KRA is holding onto our oxygen plant at\nthe port of Mombasa over Sh8million tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe hospital has\nbeen admitting patients from the neighboring Counties in critical conditions\nwho can only survive on a high oxygen flow machine. This has led to high oxygen\nintake thereby outstripping the supply by the plant. We are urging the national\ntreasury to intervene and have KRA release the oxygen plant,\u201d said Oparanya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oparanya said the\nKakamega County General Hospital could no longer admit critical Covid-19\npatients demanding high oxygen flow due to the acute shortage of the commodity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn 14th<\/sup> June, 2021, Kakamega County received 2,016 test kits from KEMSA whose expiry date was 3rd<\/sup> July, 2021 (valid for two weeks). The health facilities were only able to utilize 1,104 of the kits,\" said Oparanya<\/code><\/strong> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

He said normal\noxygen services to other patients (not Covid-19) have been affected due to the\nshortage of oxygen at KCGH and other public hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Devolution CS Eugene Wamalwa (left), Mutahi Kagwe (health) and Governor Wycliffe Oparanya at the new Kakamega County Teaching and Referral hospital<\/code><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to Oparanya,\nthe county has\ncontinued to experience challenges in testing people for Covid-19 due to the\nshortage of testing kits and reagents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn 14th<\/sup> June, 2021, Kakamega County received 2,016 test kits from KEMSA whose expiry date was 3rd<\/sup> July, 2021 (valid for two weeks). The health facilities were only able to utilize 1,104 of the kits,” said Oparanya<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new\nsupply of antigen reagents to conduct up to 4000 tests is expected any time\nthis week from KEMSA,\u201d said Oparanya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nCounty is able to test using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) at KCGH for emergencies\nfor up to 48 patients per day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally,\nSt. Mary\u2019s Mission Hospital \u2013 Mumias is able to offer PCR at a subsidized cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Governor Wycliffe Oparanya<\/code><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There\nare also ten (10) Sub County, two (2) Faith Based and two (2) GK Prison\nfacility labs that are able to offer Antigen (Rapid) tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe County received a total of 38,300 doses of\nAstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine, 30,500 doses for vaccination in the first\nround and 7,800 for the second dose,\u201d said Oparanya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, the Department of Health has vaccinated 36,499\npeople in both first and second doses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I take this opportunity to therefore encourage our people\nto go for Covid-19 vaccination as this has been proved one of the successful\ncampaigns in the fight against the infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The County has\nrecorded 20 Covid-19 patients admitted at KCGH and Mumias Level 4 Hospital. Two\npatients are in ICU at KCGH, one on oxygen and another one on ventilator. Other\nseven patients are on oxygen support in Covid-19 general wards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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