Make payments to NHIF mandatory, says director

In the 2021/22 financial year, NHIF recorded a loss of about Sh2.7 billion lower than the Sh3.2 billion loss recorded in the previous year. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Contributions to the health fund should be mandatory for every Kenyan aged 18 and above, a parliamentary committee has been told.

National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Chief Executive Officer Peter Kamunyo told the parliamentary committee on health that voluntary contributors to the fund stand at 15 per cent.