Hospitals Deny Services to SHA Beneficiaries Amid Widespread Issues with New Authority - September 2025
The new Social Health Authority (SHA) is facing multiple challenges. Expectant mothers are stranded as hospitals under the RUPHA program are reportedly refusing services to SHA beneficiaries. A citizens' forum, Bunge la Mwananchi, has also raised concerns that patients covered under SHA are being denied essential medical services. Concurrently, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has rejected a government directive requiring teachers to fund their medical expenses through the SHA scheme. Furthermore, former employees of the disbanded National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) are in limbo after failing to secure re-employment with the new authority.
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Wafanyakazi wa NHIF wa Zamani wasalia njiapanda
Former employees of the disbanded National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) are in limbo after failing to secure re-employment with the new Social Health Authority (SHA). This situation has left many without jobs, despite their previous service to the country's health insurance scheme.
Expectant mothers stranded as RUPHA hospitals shut doors to SHA beneficiaries
Expectant mothers in Kenya are facing a crisis as hospitals under the Ruptured Uterus Prevention of Haemorrhage (RUPHA) program are reportedly refusing services to beneficiaries of the Social Health Authority (SHA). This unexpected turn of events leaves many pregnant women in a vulnerable state, unable to access crucial medical care during childbirth.