Health insurance reforms echo NHIF failures, add new burdens

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) staffers from across the country stage a demonstration in Nairobi where they presented their petition to the Parliament on March 11, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The much-publicised Universal Health Coverage (UHC) may remain a pipe dream unless urgent reforms are implemented, health experts have warned.

The Social Health Authority (SHA), tasked with financing UHC, has only collected Sh45 billion between October 2024 and July 2025, averaging Sh4.5 billion per month, far below the Sh54 billion annual target for 2024/25.