Social Health Authority board appoints four new directors
The SHA Board also expressed profound gratitude to staff for their unwavering dedication and support to the interim senior management team during the transition period.
The Social Health Authority (SHA) Board has appointed four new directors following a competitive and transparent recruitment process that began on July 29, 2025.
The new directors are Dr. Diana Marion, Director of Provider and Beneficiary Management; Golda Larissa Akolo, Director of Benefits and Claims Management; Mohamed Alio Ibrahim, Director of Corporate Services; and Jonathan Leisen, Director of Funds and Finance Management.
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In a statement released on Friday, Dr. Abdi Mohamed, Chairperson of the Board, emphasised that the new leadership team will play a key role in guiding the organisation and improving its operations.
"This team's expertise will be crucial in steering the Social Health Authority to achieve its mandate of providing financial risk protection for Kenyan residents and ensuring they have access to quality healthcare," he said.
The SHA Board also expressed profound gratitude to staff for their unwavering dedication and support to the interim senior management team during the transition period.
This comes just days after the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) threatened to withdraw from the SHA board, citing concerns over the authority’s lack of autonomy in managing its IT systems.
COTU Secretary-General Francis Atwoli said SHA’s operations are constrained because its IT platform is managed by the Digital Health Authority (DHA) and the Ministry of Health (MoH), despite the law establishing SHA as an independent body.
"For the last month, COTU has been seeking an urgent meeting with Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale to address challenges facing SHA, but unfortunately, our efforts have not been successful,” Atwoli said in a statement.
He noted that SHA’s reliance on an IT platform run by DHA and MoH had limited its ability to independently verify and process hospital claims.
“At present, SHA relies on an IT system controlled by DHA and MoH to process and pay hospitals, and this has created challenges because the authority has no mandate over authentication of claims or determining who should be paid,” Atwoli stated.
According to Atwoli, this arrangement risks undermining confidence among workers who contribute to the Social Health Insurance scheme, as they expect SHA to have full control of their funds.
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