Private hospitals threaten to stop services should the SHA fail to pay the Sh43B debt

The Rural Urban Private Hospitals Association (RUPHA) of Kenya leadership, Dr. Brian Lishenga (Chairman-l) and Vice Chairman, Rev Joseph Kariuki (r) during a press conference in the Association's offices off Lunga Lunga Road in Industrial Area, where they called out Health Cabinet Secretary, Aden Duale accusing him of politicizing the war against graft in the health sector in the country.[Benard Orwongo, Standard]

Kenyans are at risk of being denied access to healthcare should the government fail to pay debts owed to hospital facilities under the Rural and Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) within the next two weeks.

This after the lobby group issued a 14-day go-slow notice, threatening to stop providing services to patients, citing delay in payment of claims that they say has put the facilities in "severe financial distress."