President William Ruto denies government spending 104 billion shilings on SHA and terms those attempting to take him aback to NHIF as fraudsters
President William Ruto has downplayed reports from the Auditor General Nancy Githungu that the government of Kenya spent a total of Sh 104 billion to procure the Social Health Authority system.
Speaking in Malava, on Tuesday 4th Februaary, during the burial of the late Malava MP Malulu Injendi, Ruto said no funds from the government will be used to pay for it except the fee for the service facility
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He explained that the system is run by a consortium of technology companies that will make sure there are no fraudulent activities, as was the case with defunct National Health Insurance Fund
The President went ahead and said that the NHIF, almost 40 per cent of the funds raised were lost through unscrupulous health owners who made false claims and were paid.
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“Because we want to sort out the problem of fraud of the past Money that was collected by NHIF was stolen by fraudsters through fraudulent claims which claimed almost 40 per cent of the money that was being raised by NHIF.
That will not happen as long as am the President, it will not happen under my watch