Kigali crackdown on graft in health ministry

Rwanda Biomedical Centre offices in Kigali. The government has fired the entire staff at its Medical Technology and Infrastructure Division. FILE PHOTO | NMG

President Paul Kagame has sacked the entire staff of a vital unit in the Ministry of Health accused of gross mismanagement of public resources.

More ministry officials are likely to be prosecuted following the sacking of its human resources director and 23 employees of the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) that oversees medical and healthcare services.