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Lawyers sue NHIF for rejecting signed affidavits as proof of marriage

Lawyers have sued the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) for refusing to recognise affidavits as proof of marriage.

The suit, lodged by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) at the High Court in Nairobi, is expected to save millions of Kenyans whose spouses risk being locked out of the NHIF cover unless they acquire marriage certificates.

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