Cancer patients staged a protest outside the Social Health Authority (SHA) headquarters in Upper Hill, Nairobi, on Tuesday, demanding increased insurance coverage for cancer treatment. They argue that the current allocation of Ksh.400,000 annually per patient is severely insufficient given the high cost of care.

• The current SHA allocation of Ksh.400,000 per patient annually for cancer treatment is deemed inadequate by protestors.
• Robert Marende, a cancer survivor, highlighted that patients are abandoning medication midway and families are selling properties to cover costs.
• Patients are requesting the government to reform SHA benefits to fully cover essential services like surgery, chemotherapy, and medication, with one protester noting that Ksh.550,000 for the entire course of treatment is also insufficient.