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October 6, 2025
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U.S. Indicts Kenyan Businessman for Theft of HIV Test Kits From KEMSA

U.S. Indicts Kenyan Businessman for Theft of HIV Test Kits From KEMSA

A U.S. federal indictment has implicated a Kenyan businessman in the diversion of American-funded HIV test kits from KEMSA...

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A Kenyan businessman has been indicted in the U.S. for allegedly conspiring to divert American-funded HIV test kits and other medical supplies from the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA).

  • The U.S. Department of Justice charged Eric Ndung’u Mwangi, 40, with diverting supplies intended for HIV and family-planning programs between 2015 and 2019.
  • Mwangi allegedly used his company, Linear Diagnostics, to steal products financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
  • The stolen commodities were reportedly sold to Caribbean Medical Supplies Inc., a Guyanese firm whose owner, Davendra Rampersaud, paid Mwangi over US$177,000 (KSh 23 million) and later pleaded guilty to related charges.

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