Over Ksh9B reimbursed to health facilities since SHA rollout – MoH
By Cy Muganda, January 15, 2025
The Ministry of Health has revealed the amount of money disbursed to health facilities countrywide since the rollout of the Social Health Authority (SHA) late last year.
Speaking on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, Director General for Health Patrick Amoth said that the authority has generated an average monthly means testing contribution of Ksh602,000.
“Since October 2024, over Ksh9 billion has been reimbursed to health facilities, with an average monthly means testing contribution of Ksh602,000,” he said.
While addressing the issue of delayed reimbursements, Amoth argued that the delays were only being experienced at facilities with incomplete registration.
“Delays in reimbursement are noted for facilities with incomplete details, and we urge them to address this for efficient service delivery,” he said.
The ministry further announced that 7,900 facilities have signed manual contracts with the authority, while 2,602 have completed e-contracting, and 1,753 are finalizing the process.
On the issue of child, registration, Amoth stated that they had addressed it and called on Kenyans to log in and confirm their details.
“We’ve integrated the registration system with GoK data sources like NHIF, civil registry, and NEMIS to address issues with capturing birth certificates. Parents are encouraged to log in and confirm their dependants,” he added.
Kenyans registered
Since its rollout in October, over 17.8 million Kenyans have registered with SHA. Out of this, Amoth revealed that 13.2 million are new members while 4.6 million transitioned from National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).
Of the 17.8 million beneficiaries, the ministry revealed that SHA had successfully funded eight kidney transplants, 8,300 dialysis sessions, and the management of 21,000 oncology cases.
Ruto’s stance
President William Ruto has continued to defend his government’s Universal Health Coverage programme.
While explaining the need to ditch the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) for SHA, the president highlighted why the former could not help in the realisation of needs now covered by the new programme.
The head of state said that every Kenyan who falls sick is guaranteed coverage by SHA and that no one needs to auction off their possessions to pay for hospital services.
He urged Kenyans to register for SHA despite its wide criticism.