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Parliament directs NHIF to set aside Sh6bn for Covid-19 bills

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Nation | by Steve Otieno


MPs have directed the national insurer to establish a Sh6 billion fund to meet treatment costs for all Covid-19 patients.

They have also ordered the government to pay doctors new allowances.

The National Assembly’s Health Committee asked the national government to provide Sh6 billion to National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to cover citizens for the next six months.

Treasury, Ministry of Health, Council of Governors and NHIF were tasked to work out the modalities of implementing the directive…

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