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  Mbagathi Hospital Chief Executive Officer Dr. Alex Irungu has called out the government for failing to pay the health facility money owed by the Social Health Insurance. Irungu made his remarks on Monday, September 15, 2025, during an interview with a local media house, where he accused the Social Health Authority of failing to make payments promptly. According to Irungu, the Social Health Insurance owes the health facility at least Ksh167 million. “SHA does not pay promptly because since SHA started cumulatively as of Monday, September 15, 2025, SHA owes Mbagathi Hospital Ksh167 million,” Irungu said. Irungu further called out the government for crippling services at the facility due to delays in reimbursements. “When we raise the claims, there are delays in the reimbursements, and this is just for Mbagathi Hospital,” Irungu added. In addition, the Mbagathi Hospital CEO also revealed that cumulatively for Nairobi County, the Social Health Authority owes health facilities around ...

  Kitutu Chache South Constituency Member of Parliament, Antony Kibagendi, has come out strongly against the government’s decision to dissolve NHIF and implement the new Social Health Authority (SHA). According to the legislator, SHA is not a reform as alleged by the government; instead, he argues it is a scam. The Kitutu Chache South Member of Parliament made his remarks on Monday, September 15, 2025, during an interview with a local media house, where he faulted the government’s rush to implement SHA. On his part, he argues that if SHA was indeed a reform, the implementation would have slowed down and taken a bit of time, unlike the rush witnessed. “First, I would like to state categorically that SHA is not a reform; SHA is a scam. It’s a scam in the sense that if it were indeed a reform, the implementation would have taken a bit of time,” he said. He further revealed that the rushed implementation was for those who are behind the SHA to hurriedly start earning...