President William Ruto has refuted claims that his administration has spent Sh104 billion to procure an Integrated Healthcare Information Technology System, vowing not to be distracted by critics to abandon the Social Health Authority (SHA) and go back to the defunct National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).
This came amid voices of disapproval from a section of mourners who jeered some of the president's allies who had attempted to drum up support for the controversial system.
Speaking on Tuesday at the burial of the late Malava Member of Parliament (MP) Malulu Injendi at Lugusi village in Kakamega County, President Ruto alleged that those sponsoring misinformation and propaganda are fraudsters who stole public money under the defunct NHIF. "The noise you are hearing and witnessing on social media and other platforms are from the people who used to steal from the public during the NHIF time.
These are brokers alleging that there is a problem, and I saw them recently claiming that the government will use Sh104 billion on the system," said Ruto.
