Okiya Omtatah in court to obstruct SHIF, and want the government deal with Safaricom to be cancelled

• Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah, along with Eliud Matindi and Magare Gikenyi, have filed a legal challenge to stop the scheduled launch of the Community Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) in Kenya
• The plaintiffs are seeking a court order to halt the implementation of the SHIF, due to the lack of subsidiary legislation required to implement the Social Health Insurance Act.
• Omtatah and his fellow plaintiffs have also asked the court to annul the contract between the government and the Safaricom joint venture

Senator of kiss Okiya Omtatah, along with two other petitioners, have filed a legal challenge against the scheduled launch of the Kenya Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) scheduled to begin today, October 1.

On Monday, September 30, 2024, the plaintiffs filed a case in the High Court under a Certificate of Emergency, seeking interim orders to stop the implementation of the SHIF.

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They said that the necessary subsidiary legislation needed to implement the Social Health Insurance Act had not yet been implemented.

“We submitted a court application together with Eliud Matindi and Magare Gikenyi to stop the launch of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), we also want to cancel the contract between the government and the Union of Safaricomciting concerns about the lack of labor law. that bag,” Omtatah said on X.

The case against the agreement led by the Safaricom joint venture

The plaintiffs also asked the Court to stop and finally annul the government's decision Kenyathrough the Department of National Services of the Ministry of Health to award a contract to the Safaricom Company Partnership (consisting of Safaricom Plc, Konvergenz Network Solutions Limited, and Apeiro Limited) to provide the Integrated service. Health Information Technology System for Universal Health Care (UHC).

“The plaintiffs have attached to their application highly classified documents which reveal the entire scheme of fraud between corrupt government officials and wheeler dealers deeply connected to the Safaricom joint venture.

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The secret documents reveal the contract between the Government of Kenya and the Safaricom joint venture to be a malicious fraud scheme designed to steal large sums of money from SHIF and/or from the General Fund, in the event that contributions to the fund fail to be collected. billion contract,” Omtatah said.

What? How much will Safaricom invest?

Previously, TUKO.co.ke reported that from February 2025, the consortium led by Safaricom will invest KSh 104,808,136,478, which can be repaid over a period of ten years, to implement, maintain and support the IHTS system.

According to Safaricom's statement, its participation in this project aims to address important health challenges by deploying digital solutions.

These include digitizing public health facilities, improving the visibility of the pharmaceutical supply chain, and creating a secure digital infrastructure for healthcare providers.

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