The Rural & Urban Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (RUPHA) warns that the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council’s (KMPDC) financial woes are jeopardizing the Ministry of Health’s digitization efforts and fueling fraud within the Social Health Authority (SHA). According to RUPHA, KMPDC lacks the capacity to regulate health facilities effectively due to persistent budget cuts, leading to the alleged licensing of "bogus facilities."

• Concerns were raised on Sunday, August 24, detailing KMPDC's inability to verify bed capacities or ascertain legitimate facilities, forcing reliance on county officials.
• RUPHA claims that bank accounts used by lead partner Apeiro for hospital payments were migrated directly from the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) database without proper "clean-up," potentially retaining fraudulent entries.
• This comes after SHA refuted claims on Friday, August 22, that it disbursed Ksh20 million to a non-existent hospital in Nyandiwa, Homa Bay County, with SHA CEO Mercy Mwangangi insisting the facility is operational.