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Unemployed to be exempt from NHIF in new changes

National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Building, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Senate Health Committee has proposed changes to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), which will reverse earlier changes that made it mandatory for all Kenyans to contribute to the fund.

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