A section of leaders from Machakos County have called on the national government to devolve the functions of the Social Health Authority (SHA) to the county governments.
Led by Machakos Deputy Governor Francis Mwangangi, the leaders have blamed the financial challenges and lack of sufficient workforce experienced at county hospitals on the failure to fully devolve the functions. "The national government is implementing a social healthcare system that we have tried to look at and compare and found that Kenya's is costing Ksh154 billion," Mwangangi said. "When we did research, that is a program that can be resourced within a budget of Ksh400 million, who is pocketing almost Ksh103 billion.
Which business does the national government have to do what is supposed to be done by counties?
Health is devolved," the DG asked.
