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MPs spare employers more NHIF burden

NHIF headquarters, Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

 

Employers can sigh with relief after the National Assembly failed to adopt an additional burden of statutory deductions that could have seen them seen match workers’ monthly contributions to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). The plan was to have the workers continue paying same amounts and employers matching in a structure modelled on the National Social Security Fund (NSSF).

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