National Health Insurance Fund Stories

Barasa faces tough questions from MPs on transition from NHIF to SHIF
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 04, 2024

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna demanded accountability for lives lost during the transition.

Nyeri tops SHA registration as Asal counties struggle to enroll
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 13, 2024

Garissa County, which has a target population of 905,000, has registered just 2.3 per cent of its population.

SHA platform receives over 940 claims worth Sh12 million amid faltering system
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 13, 2024

Kenyatta National Hospital submitted the highest number of claims, totalling Sh2.3 million for reimbursement within the first nine days of the new sys...

How transition to new healthcare scheme can be made less painful for Kenyans
The Conversation  |  Oct 13, 2024

Kenya’s new approach brings challenges that demand strategic management, adequate funding and close collaboration with key stakeholders.

Clinical officers threaten strike over exclusion of their facilities from SHA
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 05, 2024

Clinical officers assert that they provide 70 per cent of clinical services in the country.

Court of Appeal allows October 1 rollout of Social Health Authority
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 21, 2024

The deadline for the mandatory registration is set at September 30, 2024.

Boon for elderly persons in Isiolo after enlisting for NHIF
Waweru Wairimu  |  Aug 07, 2024

The programme will see them also access food provisions monthly during the period to alleviate the suffering they have been going through.

The poor in East Africa burdened by lack of healthcare price controls - report
Alfred Onyango  |  Jul 09, 2024

In Kenya, families are still spending billions from their pockets on health services raised through harambees, WhatsApp groups, M-Pesa, loans, the sal...

CS Nakhumicha urges hospitals not to turn away patients, accept NHIF
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 17, 2024

The CS affirmed that there was no cause for alarm, despite revealing a staggering debt of Sh30 billion owed to NHIF.

Rights activists urge state and striking doctors to resume dialogue
Barack Oduor  |  Mar 29, 2024

Doctors have insisted that they have a right to continue striking until their grievances are met. 

Polygamous families to pay extra insurance premiums under SHIF
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 28, 2024

The payment of contributions and access to healthcare under the scheme will commence on July 1 and not March, as announced earlier.

Kenyans to contribute 2.75 per cent to SHIF starting March 1
Amina Wako  |  Feb 12, 2024

Health CS Nakhumicha emphasised the government's commitment to supporting those who cannot afford the contributions.

NHIF to transfer Sh29bn medical claims to new Social Health Authority
Amina Wako  |  Jan 29, 2024

Health CS Nakhumicha emphasised the need for verification and reconciliation in the settlement process.

Kenyans to dig deeper into their pockets as government publishes new health laws
Dennis Tarus  |  Nov 29, 2023

Every Kenyan household whose income is derived from salaried employment will have to pay 2.75 per cent of the gross salary.

Court halts implementation of Ruto's new Social Health Insurance Fund
Dennis Tarus  |  Nov 28, 2023

According to the new Act, Ruto had proposed all salaried Kenyans pay 2.75 per cent of their income deducted on a monthly basis towards the fund.

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