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ODM leader Raila Odinga [2nd left] joins the NHIF Chief Executive Officer Dr. Peter Kamunyo and other Coastal leaders during the launching of NHIF sponsorship program at Treasury Square in Mombasa.[Omondi Onyango,Standard]
Good health is an essential ingredient for economic growth. A nation cannot develop unless its citizens are healthy. Consequently, the government is making sustained efforts to ensure access to quality healthcare for all.
Alongside setting up infrastructure and equipping medical facilities, attention has also been directed towards affordable healthcare and effective health insurance. By having medical insurance, individuals and their dependants, are assured of medical attention when unwell. It is essential to build a healthy nation and provide a sense of comfort and peace of mind. Insurance shields families from economic shocks that come with serious and prolonged illness.
Why pay for health insurance should be performance-based RUFUS MWANYASI The current buzz topic in healthcare service delivery in Kenya is the Health Amendment Act of 2021. Among its key facets is the restructuring of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) towards bolstering the push for Universal Health Coverage, a critical end-point of which is high-quality healthcare service delivery. The World Health Organisation describes service delivery as one of the six key building blocks of a healthcare system. The others are leadership and governance, healthcare workforce, financing, access to essential medicines and health information systems. Prof Joep Lange was a Dutch clinical researcher specialising in HIV therapy and a revered advocate for global equity to high-quality healthcare services. Unfortunately, and tragically so, he passed on in the ill - fated Malaysian Flight 17 which was shot down in Ukraine in 2014. He was enroute to Melbourne to attend the 20th
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City Hall workers oppose Sh737m NHIF cover plan
Summary
The employees have threatened industrial action should the county government go ahead and forcefully enroll them into the NHIF scheme.
According to the union, the Sh737 million NHIF proposal will reduce benefits the staff have previously been enjoying yet it is costly compared to the AAR cover.
Further, the scheme will only cover 4,897 workers compared to about 12,000 staff that were under AAR insurance in the lapsed Sh850 million annual cover.
Monday July 12 2021
By COLLINS OMULO
Summary
The employees have threatened industrial action should the county government go ahead and forcefully enroll them into the NHIF scheme.
University of Nairobi doubles tuition fees
Summary
The university has increased fees for liberal arts Master’s courses like communication and MBA to more than Sh600,000 for a two-year programme from an average Sh275,000.
Degree courses like commerce, economics and law under the parallel plan have been increased by up to 70 percent.
Monday July 12 2021
University of Nairobi council chair Julia Ojiambo, Vice-Chancellor Stephen Kiama (centre) and council member Marie Rarieya (right) during a press conference announcing changes in governance structure, July 9, 2021. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG
By JOHN MUTUA
Summary
The university has increased fees for liberal arts Master’s courses like communication and MBA to more than Sh600,000 for a two-year programme from an average Sh275,000.