SHA distances itself from document showing it has disbursed Ksh11.3B to clear NHIF debts
The Social Health Authority (SHA) has come out to distance itself from a viral document that showed it had disbursed millions to various hospitals across the country to settle the pending NHIF debts.
In a statement shared on its X on the evening of Saturday, March 15, 2025, the healthcare provider outlet urged the public to treat the document with caution, saying it was a lie that they had dished out the huge monies in response to the outcry on the pending NHIF debts.
According to them, payments regarding the controversial NHIF debts will be communicated directly to hospitals once the issue is resolved and not through social media documents as had been the case.
“Social Health Authority. Bima Bora, Afya Nyumbani. NOTICE ON CLAIMS MANAGEMENT. The Social Health Authority (SHA) cautions healthcare providers and the public that the payment analysis document linked at https://mgr.ctnt.pesaflow.com/cms/assets/uploads/2025/03/SHA-FACILITIES-PAYMENT-ANALYSIS.pdf is fake and should be ignored. We also want to inform healthcare providers that updates regarding the payment of the pending National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) debt will be communicated directly to them,” a part of the statement read.
Further, SHA urged healthcare providers to stay alert lest they be conned and explained that they make their payments directly to them and that at no time do they use intermediaries, as had been the case here.
Also, they urged them to report any suspicious activity while debunking the reports that the documents, which had already been shared across social media, had come from them.
“Note that claims payments are made directly to healthcare providers; SHA does not work with intermediaries. If you encounter any suspicious activity, please report it to SHA or the police immediately.”
Document’s details
The document, whose link they also attached in their notice, had astounding details, including one that claimed the healthcare provider had paid a whopping Ksh345 million to the President’s home area hospital, the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, between December 2024 and February 2025.
Further, the document also showed that Kenyatta National Hospital (General Wing) was the one that had been allocated the most money, with Ksh379 million, followed by Moi, and then KU Referral Hospital coming third with a whopping Ksh258 million allocation.
According to the document, the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital had come fourth with a Ksh179 million allocation, while the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Hospital came fifth with an allocation of Ksh132 million and the AIC Kijabe Hospital came sixth with an allocation of Ksh122 million.
Of the top twenty hospitals in the document, the list also included PCEA Kikuyu Hospital, Tenwek Hospital, Nairobi West Hospital, Coast General Hospital, MRU Doctors Plaza, and MP Shah Hospital.
At the very least of the 2,588 hospitals listed in the document were those with the lowest allocations, which included Wenje Dispensary and West Kenya Diagnostic and Imaging Centre, both allocated Ksh225 million simultaneously.
The document claimed that the healthcare provider had disbursed a total of a whopping Ksh11.3 billion and that all the monies had been sent to the mentioned hospitals.
