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Ministry of Health sets up task force to scrutinise Sh33 billion NHIF debt

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale(right) handing over a copy of gazzete notice to the chairman of NHIF Pending Medical Claims verification Committee James Masiro at Afya house on April 7, 2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]

The Ministry of Health has launched the NHIF Pending Medical Claims Verification Committee and Secretariat to address what has become one of Kenya's biggest public health financing scandals.

The committee, established on 30 March, is tasked with cleaning up the staggering mess left behind by the now-defunct National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF).

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