Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentist's Union (KMPDU) officials (from left), Dr Miskellah Dennis (Deputy Secretary General), Dr Davji Bhimji (Secretary General) and Dr Kizito Shisanya (chair of the legal committee), during a press briefing on the Social Health Insurance Act 2023 at the Union's headquarters along Kindaruma Lane Nairobi on November 9, 2023.
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Dr Bhimji said the law will hurt Kenyans working in the informal sector, who have to pay their annual amount upfront.
Dr Bhimji also said that the government is tripping over its own feet by drafting regulations to govern the fund.
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has faulted the new Social Health Insurance Act of 2023, saying it will make it difficult for Kenyans to access health care.
In a meeting with journalists on Thursday, KMPDU Secretary-General Davji Bhimji said the Social Health Insurance Bill was passed into law without due consideration of the concerns they had raised.
