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NHIF must assure Kenyans of accountability

Misgivings abound over the revised National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) deductions that became effective last month after a long legal tussle.

Immediately following the announcement by the government last year that there were plans to adjust the monthly contributions upwards, the Trade Congress of Kenya (TUC-K) went to court to challenge the new rates, arguing that health care was inaccessible to most people, besides the fact that there was no public participation prior to the announcement of the new rates.

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