David Ndii and his wife, Mwende Gatabaki, are at the center of yet another financial scandal, this time involving the theft of billions from the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).
While Kenyans are struggling with high costs of living and increasing deductions from their salaries, this couple is silently reaping the benefits of a corrupt system. Gatabaki, as the director of Apeiro, a company linked to the Adani Group, is directly overseeing a scheme that is looting funds meant for healthcare. Instead of Kenyans receiving better medical services, their hard-earned money is being channeled into the pockets of these elites who have positioned themselves strategically to benefit from government contracts.
According to a post on X by Sholla Ard, the deductions from SHIF are being siphoned off and ending up in the hands of Ndii and his wife. The SHIF system, controlled by Apeiro, is nothing more than a tool for theft disguised as a health reform project. Ndii, who has been pretending to be an economic advisor, is actively enabling this corruption while misleading Kenyans with economic theories that only serve to justify the looting of public funds.
This is the same man who once spoke against corruption, yet today he is at the heart of a scandal robbing millions from the very people he once claimed to defend.
The SHIF deductions, which are over 10% of workers’ earnings, were introduced with the promise of improving healthcare, but in reality, they are just another way to fund the lavish lifestyles of the corrupt elite.
Ndii and his wife have positioned themselves as the key beneficiaries of this system, ensuring that every contribution made by ordinary Kenyans ends up in their accounts.
This is not just a simple case of mismanagement it is deliberate theft on a massive scale.Apeiro’s connections to the Adani Group raise even more questions about how deeply this corruption runs.
The involvement of a foreign-linked entity in Kenya’s healthcare financing is suspicious, especially when those at the top have a history of questionable dealings. It is clear that SHIF was never about improving healthcare but about creating a financial pipeline for a few well-connected individuals.
Ndii and his wife have ensured that public funds meant for hospitals and medicine are instead being redirected to their pockets, leaving Kenyans to suffer in hospitals without proper care.
For a man who once positioned himself as a champion of good governance, Ndii has now fully embraced the same corruption he used to criticize.
His wife, under the cover of Apeiro, is running a well-organized theft operation, taking advantage of a broken system to enrich herself while pretending to serve the public.
The government must answer how a man tasked with shaping economic policies is also benefiting from the very programs that are robbing Kenyans.
This is outright theft, and Kenyans must demand accountability. While families are being forced to dig deeper into their pockets for healthcare, Ndii and Gatabaki are enjoying the fruits of corruption without shame.
It is time for an investigation into their involvement in SHIF and the entire Apeiro scandal.
