According to former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, President William Ruto ignored an option to upgrade the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to the new Social Health Authority (SHA). The project that has Kenyans up in arms has already seen an initial expenditure of approximately Ksh110.9 billion: Ksh6.1 billion for the SHA system and a Ksh104.8 billion contract for the supporting technology infrastructure.
Speaking during a live TikTok stream on Thursday morning, Gachagua revealed that under the proposed changes to revamp NHIF, Kenyans would pay Ksh300 to cover the whole family.
While criticising Ruto's pet project, which has been plagued by challenges since its rollout in October last year, Gachagua described it as rushed and poorly implemented.
A collage of the NHIF offices and the Social Health Authority logo.
