Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale has dared President William Ruto, urging him to immediately dismiss Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale and Social Health Authority (SHA) board chair Dr. Mohammed Abdi Mohammed over the fraud saga at the new health insurer.

Taking to his X account on Thursday, August 28, 2025, Khalwale said that if indeed President Ruto is committed to fighting corruption in the country, then he must start by sacking CS Duale and the SHA chairman Abdi Mohammed in the renewed anti-graft purge after witnessing the widening ghos-hospital scandal at the Social Health Authority.

“If the President ever wanted his commitment to fight corruption to be believable, this is the perfect opportunity. He must immediately dismiss these two (Aden Duale and Abdi Mohammed) suspected fraudsters even as Kenyans await their arrest and prosecution for their role in the massive SHA scandal,” Khalwale said.

What the audits have uncovered

Investigations and internal reviews have flagged systemic abuse of the claims system since SHA went live, including claims of ghost hospitals, fake patients, and inflated billing, malpractices that auditors say were designed to siphon billions from the public health purse.

Authorities say they intercepted fraudulent claims amounting to Ksh10.6 billion, a figure that has become the political lightning rod behind the current outrage.

In response, the Ministry of Health and SHA have suspended dozens of facilities pending investigations and withdrawn system access for several health professionals linked to the scams. Official notices put the initial suspension list at 40 facilities, with subsequent updates pushing the tally to 45 across 17 counties.

Khalwale’s broadside adds to growing political pressure on CS Duale and the SHA board. A caucus of youthful lawmakers under the “Kenya Moja” banner has also demanded Duale’s resignation, while civil society and professional bodies have called for swift prosecutions.

Former Chief Justice David Maraga has urged the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to take up the matter formally, maintaining the need for an independent probe.

Duale, for his part, has defended the ministry’s actions, pointing to aggressive suspensions and system safeguards as proof that the clean-up is real. Speaking on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at State House, Nairobi, President Ruto vowed that all actors implicated in the SHA scandal would be arrested, prosecuted and surcharged.