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SHA to disburse KSh 16 billion in health payments, Duale says.
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced that the Social Health Authority (SHA) would disburse about KSh 16 billion within two days, covering four funds: the Primary Healthcare Fund, the Social Health Insurance Fund, the Emergency, Chronic and Critical Illness Fund, and a proportionate management-services fund. He said a further KSh 14 billion had already been paid out the previous month.
The announcement came amid persistent complaints from hospitals and counties about delayed reimbursements under the new system, which replaced the defunct NHIF. Duale disputed the scale of the arrears, stating that SHA owed county governments only KSh 6.3 billion and dismissing a widely cited figure of KSh 26.87 billion as inaccurate. He said disbursement confirmations would be published on SHA's website for public verification.
The transition from NHIF to SHA has been one of the government's most scrutinised reforms, with providers warning that late payments threaten services. Whether these disbursements ease the strain – and whether the promised transparency materialises – will be closely watched by hospitals, patients and county administrations alike.
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Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced that the Social Health Authority (SHA) would disburse about KSh 16 billion within two days, covering four funds: the Primary Healthcare Fund, the Social Health Insurance Fund, the Emergency, Chronic and Critical Illness Fund, and a proportionate management-services fund. He said a further KSh 14 billion had already been paid out the previous month.
The announcement came amid persistent complaints from hospitals and counties about delayed reimbursements under the new system, which replaced the defunct NHIF. Duale disputed the scale of the arrears, stating that SHA owed county governments only KSh 6.3 billion and dismissing a widely cited figure of KSh 26.87 billion as inaccurate. He said disbursement confirmations would be published on SHA’s website for public verification.
The transition from NHIF to SHA has been one of the government’s most scrutinised reforms, with providers warning that late payments threaten services. Whether these disbursements ease the strain — and whether the promised transparency materialises — will be closely watched by hospitals, patients and county administrations alike.
