Ministry of Health officials led by Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa had a hard time on Wednesday during a press briefing they had organised to update Kenyans on the Universal Health Coverage uptake in Nairobi. The patients who had been keenly waiting for an opportunity with the health officials disrupted the press briefing demanding answers over uncertainties and bureaucracies they have been subjected to over the use of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).
The Patients had travelled from the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and openly protested in the full glare of the cameras to Barasa over the Social Health Authority (SHA) system failure.
Additionally, the patients, while shouting, expressed that their attempts to have their issues addressed were ignored by everyone in the chain of command, who instead redirected them to various offices, leaving them with no hope of assistance.
Ministry of Health's Afya House Building in Nairobi, Kenya.
