Nairobi Governor Sakaja Johnson has ushered in the New Year with a humanitarian gesture, waiving medical bills worth over KSh 2.5 million and facilitating the discharge of over 81 mothers stranded in four major hospitals due to financial constraints.
At Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, 25 mothers were discharged after the hospital waived KSh 987,345.
Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital CEO Martin Wafula explained that the bills were cleared through the Social Health Authority (SHA) program, which the hospital arranged with the authority after registering the mothers. "The bill for the 25 mothers was KSh 987,345.
We decided to pay for them through SHA.
