Kalonzo vows to fix Kenya’s healthcare system, tackle SHA corruption in 2027 bid
By Cy Muganda, December 22, 2025Wiper Patriotic Front leader Kalonzo Musyoka has pledged to overhaul Kenya’s healthcare system and root out corruption in the Social Health Authority (SHA) if elected president in 2027.
Speaking during an interview on a local TV station on Sunday, December 21, 2025, Kalonzo criticised the current state of healthcare under President William Ruto’s administration, describing it as being in shambles.
“First of all, health care admittedly is a shambles under Ruto. Universal health care is a basic human right under Article 43 of our Constitution. So every Kenyan is entitled to decency when it comes to how they get attended to in terms of health care,” Kalonzo stated.
SHA reforms
The former Vice President launched a scathing attack on the Social Health Authority, accusing it of being riddled with corruption and lacking transparency.
Kalonzo argued that the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), SHA’s predecessor, only needed proper management reforms rather than complete replacement.
“NHIF actually needed to be looked at properly and sought out the management and the corruption, and there was nothing wrong with NHIF. But this SHA, nobody understands. It’s all corruption,” Kalonzo declared.
He pledged that his administration would prioritise getting universal healthcare right and preventing it from becoming a cartel.
“Our priority is to get universal health care properly and not to make it a cartel. So we will set health care correctly,” he stated.
Constitutional right
Kalonzo expressed confidence that if the healthcare system is properly managed, Kenya could develop medical tourism similar to India, where people travel specifically for medical treatment.
The Wiper leader emphasised that universal healthcare is enshrined in the Constitution and should be accessible to all Kenyans with dignity.
“If we put things right, a lot of Kenyans go to India, and in India you hear of health tourism, tourism linked to health, people flying to India for all manner of medical attention. Well, we can do it here. We can do it here,” he said.