NHIF picks four new managers

Restructuring of the multi-billion shilling National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) appears to be on course after the board approved the appointment of a new team of senior managers.

The appointment of the four directors was part of the recommendations by human resource firm Deloitte, which audited NHIF last year, in a bid to enhance professional management of the fund and to reduce perception that it was being mismanaged.

The Standard has learnt that the new senior managers are Ambrose Lugho (Operations and Quality Assurance), Nicodemus Odongo (Strategy, Planning and Marketing), Geoffrey Mwangi (Finance and Investments) and Dinah Kirwa (Corporate Services).

The four were appointed after competitive interviews and are expected to start work in the coming weeks.

Mr Mwangi was the only one, from the outgoing team of seven general managers, who made it through the interviews.

Under the new structure, seven departments that were each headed by a general manager (GM) have been collapsed into four departments to be headed by the newly-recruited officers.

Before the new appointment, NHIF Senior Management was made up of Lucy Rono (GM, Corporate planning), Millicent Mwangi (GM, Human Resources), Martin Ngari (Acting GM, Benefits and Quality Assurance), David Mulli (GM, Internal Audit), Karingo Njoka (GM, ICT), Geoffrey Mwangi (Acting GM, Finance and Control) and Margaret Nzwili (Acting GM Operations).

The Standard has learnt that the others who did not make it through the interviews will have an opportunity to apply for other top positions within the organisation or be given a generous send-off package.