Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale is under fire from the Rural & Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) after a confrontation with a journalist regarding a Ksh32 billion Social Health Authority (SHA) deficit.

• RUPHA accuses CS Duale of failing to account for Ksh32 billion in SHA disbursements to private hospitals.
• The controversy stems from a recent exchange where CS Duale deflected questions from a Nation Media journalist, instead criticizing the media house.
• RUPHA claims SHA collected only Ksh56 billion in 9 months to July, while incurring Ksh89 billion in claims, leaving it in the red by Ksh32 billion and deeming it "financially unsustainable."