Worker's unions have opposed plans seeking to change the mandate of NHIF through the proposed Amendment Bill 2021. Led by the Central Organisation of Trade Unions-COTU, the unions on Tuesday said the National Health Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill 2021 which seeks to amend the (NHIF) Act Cap 255 will change the original mandate of NHIF thus giving rise to an amorphous body. The Bill proposes that all Kenyans above 18 years be registered under NHIF in the new Universal Health Coverage (UHC) program. Take a surveyAccording to the union and its affiliate members, making the proposed changes in NHIF will coerce them to re-establish their own body funded and run solely by workers in COTU. The goal of the UHC program is to provide health care for all based on need not on ability to pay.

Source: Standard Digital May 25, 2021 18:11 UTC