Health agenda: Unpacking Raila Odinga and William Ruto manifestos

A child reacts as a health ministry official administers Measles-Rubella vaccination on her at Daraja Mbili village in Kisii on June 26, 2021. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

As a stakeholder in the health sector, I’ve looked at both William Ruto and Raila Odinga-led manifestos and picked out the healthcare elements. Both promise Universal Health Coverage (UHC), here is what I have picked from both presidential candidates.

Ruto’s team picked out Out of Pocket expenditure on health as the pain point to address. Making a case for it 27 per cent as actual out-of-pocket expenditure, 10 per cent prepaid as insurance premiums, be it NHIF or private insurance. That’s 37 per cent of the expenses, about Sh200billion.