Recent changes in the management of healthcare contracts have brought some clarity to providers who had been affected by facility-level mismatches. The Social Health Authority has confirmed that it has completed the first batch of reviews focusing on contracts and facility records, marking an important step in cleaning up records under the current health financing
Questions are growing around healthcare choices in the public sector after the Teachers Service Commission quietly advertised for a private medical insurance cover for its own staff. This comes only weeks after the commission moved thousands of teachers from the Minet Kenya scheme to the government-run Social Health Authority, a change that has already caused
Governors are now openly confronting the Ministry of Health over what they describe as a growing crisis inside the Social Health Authority, accusing Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale of running a devolved function from Afya House and sidelining counties in key decisions. Their frustration has been building for months, fueled by delayed reimbursements, shrinking hospital
Many Kenyans have been left wondering whether the recent changes in the country’s public health insurance system are truly helping them, and these concerns grew louder after Kitutu Chache South MP Anthony Kibagendi shared his thoughts on the matter. He believes the newly introduced Social Health Authority is not giving citizens the same level of
Concerns over how public money is managed in health programs have once again drawn attention after Kitutu Chache South MP Anthony Kibagendi strongly rejected allegations he says were made to distract from real accountability issues. The MP explained that his efforts to question how the Social Health Authority is run have been met with accusations
Questions have started to pile up around Aden Duale, and the more they grow, the harder it becomes for him to convince Kenyans that everything around SHA is clean. Nelson Amenya, has come out with claims that should not be brushed aside. He says that Duale is allegedly using his own family to register hospitals
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya has raised concern over the recent recruitment process at the Social Health Authority, calling on the government to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation. The matter has sparked debate after the exclusion of Andrew Rotich, a certified public accountant known for his whistleblowing role in one of
When the Social Health Insurance Fund was introduced, many Kenyans were told it would change the way healthcare is delivered and finally make universal health coverage a reality. The promise was that no Kenyan would be locked out of treatment because of money. But less than a year later, the situation looks very different, and
Andrew Kipkirui Rotich’s story paints a grim picture of how institutions treat those who try to protect public resources. As a former internal auditor at the Social Health Authority, he uncovered a serious fraud scheme that bled billions from the health fund. His audit exposed falsified billing records from over 1,000 healthcare providers, where claims
Kenya’s healthcare system has once again been pushed into the spotlight, not because of progress, but due to troubling reports of fraud within the Social Health Authority, commonly known as SHA. What started as a bold promise to provide fair and affordable medical coverage for all Kenyans has now been overshadowed by revelations of ghost