NHIF deductions to be based on basic salary instead of gross pay

COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli (right) and Deputy Secretary General Benson Okwaro (left) during a meeting with shop stewards from Nairobi in preparation of Labour day. [Wilberforce Okwiri/Standard]

Kenyans will now pay their social health insurance from their basic salary instead of their gross pay.

After two day deliberations between the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) and National Health Insurance (NHIF), it was agreed that subscribers of the social health insurer may soon have their deductions made from their basic pay.