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State to blame for chaos in public health sector

SHA registration

Social Health Authority (SHA) registration desk at Hospital Mutuini in Dagoretti Sub County, Nairobi on January 31, 2025.

Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Cotu Secretary-General Francis Atwoli is right that Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja is sleeping on the job.
  • The gory details of the torture to death of Albert Ojwang’ in Nairobi’s Central Police Station cell is shocking.

Healthcare • Compelling people to pay the annual Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) premium to access medical services is unfair, says Newton Tanui. “Most Kenyans won’t be able to raise the minimum average of Sh6,000. The government keeps moving the goalposts in this new medical scheme. This will cause further chaos in the already struggling public health sector.” His contact is [email protected].

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