A day after President William Ruto hurled unprintable words against his former DP Gachagua, the former Deputy President has responded as he exposes the governor mega scandal duping it as ‘Ruto’s pet project’
A proposal to upgrade the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to the new Social Health Authority (SHA) was rejected by President William Ruto, according to former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
An initial investment of about Ksh110.9 billion has already been made in the project that has Kenyans on edge: Ksh6.1 billion for the SHA system and a Ksh104.8 billion contract for the supporting technology infrastructure.
Gachagua disclosed during a live TikTok stream on Thursday morning that Kenyans would have to pay Ksh300 to cover the entire family under the proposed NHIF overhaul.
Gachagua criticized Ruto’s pet project, calling it hurried and badly executed, and pointing out that it has been beset by problems since it was introduced in October of last year.
Questioning the necessity of a new healthcare system being implemented under SHA for Ksh104 billion, the former second in command has become more outspoken since being bundled out of office in October.
He stated that the original intention of Kenya Kwanza was to increase coverage to cover all illnesses and chronic conditions while lowering family healthcare contributions from Ksh500 to Ksh300.
“The program’s concept was sound, but it has not been implemented well. Gachagua pointed out that it was hurried and that stakeholders were not sufficiently consulted.
“We wanted to lower the monthly payments to Ksh300 to cover the entire family,” he continued.
On the other hand, the contribution rate for salaried workers is fixed at 2.75 percent of their gross monthly salary, with no upper limit and a minimum contribution of Ksh300 per month.
The contribution is 2.75 percent of the yearly household income of non-salaried people, including those working in the informal sector, and is capped at Ksh300 per month.
By Newsmedia