- President William Ruto criticized the governors claiming they were forced to sign a health equipment contract with the Community Health Authority
- Ruto revealed that there are seven organizations involved in the distribution of the equipment worth billions to the counties
- Mutahi Kahiga told the Senate Public Accounts Committee that governors were forced to sign the lease agreement
Kilifi – President William Ruto has responded to reports that the Ministry of Health forced the county to sign a multi-billion dollar contract with the Community Health Authority.
Source: UGC
What Mutahi Kahiga said about the SHA plan
National Deputy Council of Governors (CoG) Mutahi Kahiga told the Senate Committee on Public Accounts that governors had no choice in signing an agreement with SHA to lease medical equipment for universal health insurance.
Kahiga told the committee that so far 34 county governments have signed the agreement, although they do not know which company will be getting the equipment or how it was purchased.
However, speaking in Kilifi on Thursday, December 5, the president dismissed claims of secrecy in the procurement of equipment sent to hospitals under the SHIF programme.
Ruto responds to allegations of corruption in SHA
The head of state revealed that there are seven suppliers of the equipment, contrary to reports of one mysterious supplier.
“There was a process for the purchase of any equipment, the one that I see people talking about in the media, was done between the county and the Ministry of Health. No county has to get equipment from any supplier. There is no one supplier – I think there are seven or more suppliers – and there is no responsibility for any county,” Ruto said.
President Ruto criticized the governors claiming they were forced to sign a lease agreement with SHA.
“Anyone who says the national government forced them to sign any treaty, they are crooks and liars. Nobody forced them to sign any treaty, that is the truth. Nobody was forced. You must be stupid to be forced to sign something wrong, and you actually signed it and you are going to announce that I was forced,” he added.
At the same time, Ruto promised that there will be no corruption under the new health insurance scheme as long as he remains president.
“There is a lot of fake news and misinformation. I want to assure the public that the challenges of fraud and corruption that crippled the NHIF will never be in the Universal Health Care program as long as I am in charge,” he said. the president said.
What did Kenyan church leaders say about SHA?
As previously reported, President Ruto's health initiative continues to receive criticism from the public.
Two months after its launch, the Community Health Authority (SHA), tasked with implementing the Community Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), continued to face obstacles, with many patients unable to access care.
On Tuesday, December 3, the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) also raised concerns about the insurance scheme.
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