It’s the poor who suffer as plunder bleeds NHIF, KPC

National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) General Secretary Canon Peter Karanja, Chairman Archbishop Timothy Ndambuki and Bishop Musa Maina issue a statement in Limuru yesterday. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Every time a penny is stolen at the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), a patient somewhere in the country will be having a penny less to pay for their medical bills.

Despite being the only public insurer and shouldering the hopes of millions of Kenyans across the country whenever they fall sick, NHIF continues to be one of the most plundered public institutions. Three major scandals have rocked NHIF since 2001, with the latest being the one involving the procurement of a system to collect money where over Sh1 billion was siphoned from the health insurer.