Over 1,700 former employees of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) are engaged in significant legal battles following its replacement by the Social Health Authority (SHA), challenging their job security and exit packages.

• The Employment and Labour Relations Court ruled that there was no automatic absorption for former NHIF staff into SHA, requiring fresh, competitive recruitment.
• The court also framed the transition as a redundancy process, entitling affected employees to severance pay and accrued benefits.
• Key court decisions in the past year have addressed issues of hiring priority, redundancy claims, and unfair termination, including a case awarding one former director Sh3 million in damages.