Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) scheme Stories
CPA Andrew Kipkirui Rotich, Deputy Director of Forensic Audit & Risk Assurance, reportedly lost his position following a court-ordered review of the r...
Correctional Services Principal Secretary Salome Beacco said the plan is aimed at curbing the spread of disease in prisons while ensuring inmates have...
Insecurity, crime, and extra-judicial killings were mentioned by fewer respondents, but remain significant challenges in the country.
The ACK leadership said the piling debts have forced several hospitals to suspend services, leaving patients stranded.
The National Treasury’s draft 2025 Budget Review and Outlook Paper (BROP) indicates that KRA collected Sh1.093 trillion in income tax against a target...
Several counties exceeded their annual revenue targets, with Kisii collecting Sh982 million (178 per cent), Mandera and Wajir at 123 per cent, and Kir...
The MPs said the automation process has repeatedly failed to meet its intended goals of reducing fraud and easing service delivery.
CEO Mercy Mwangangi said the tool is not only a strategy to strengthen SHA’s rollout but will also play a key role in protecting patients’ health and...
Mercy Mwangangi revealed that the authority has already rejected Sh10.7 billion in claims deemed fraudulent out of a total of Sh80 billion submitted b...
The move follows revelations of widespread abuse of the scheme by cartels and unregulated foreign hospitals.
Council of Governors (CoG) Health Committee Chair Muthomi Njuki said the trend is becoming widespread, with some doctors using public hospitals to bui...
Oluga said some little-known facilities, including those linked to powerful figures, had received millions of shillings for questionable services, a r...
Oluga said the challenge has left thousands of Kenyans, particularly young people and low-income earners, unable to benefit from SHA because their SIM...
The release of the funds comes after last month, the Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF) warned that private hospitals across the country would no longe...
MPs raised concerns that Kenyans are struggling to access services despite being registered under the new scheme, citing delays in claims, stalled aut...
The President also said he would soon meet governors and MPs so that they, too, can pay for close to another one million Kenyans.
The President said hospitals opposing verification are essentially trying to protect corrupt practices.
Under the plan, private hospitals will notify patients, their guardians or agents when payments remain outstanding beyond contractual timelines.
Duale rejected claims that the SHA is corrupt, arguing that the very fraud MPs accuse it of is being exposed by the system itself.
In a strongly worded response, the UHC workers described Njuki’s comments as “reckless and insensitive”, accusing the Tharaka Nithi County governor of...
The group lauded the decision of the Social Health Authority to suspend several health facilities across various counties, temporarily cutting them of...
COTU boss Francis Atwoli, accused the Ministry of Health and the Digital Health Authority of exercising undue influence over SHA, saying this has crip...
The suspended facilities are spread across 17 counties, with Mandera bearing the highest number at nine.
Dr Oluga noted that some facility operators manipulate the system by temporarily presenting qualified personnel and equipment during inspections to se...
His remarks follow mounting public outcry over revelations that billions of shillings may have been siphoned off to non-existent facilities, while man...
In a statement on Friday, SHA Chief Executive Officer Mercy Mwangangi described the reports as misleading and damaging, insisting that Nyandiwa has be...
RUPHA says payment delays have forced some hospitals to abandon the Social Health Insurance Fund system and revert to cash-only payments.
SHA also moved to clarify concerns raised on social media about funds directed to some hospitals. It revealed that Nyandiwa Level 4 Hospital received...
Abdikadir's remarks come after President William Ruto issued a stern warning to public health centres still demanding payment for outpatient care, str...
Ruto said the challenges he faces are self-imposed, insisting that these difficult decisions are necessary for Kenya’s long-term development.
