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Doctors, private hospitals dismiss fraud report, fear denial of claims

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KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atellah speaks in Nakuru on December 2, 2023. The union has dismissed Health CS Susan Nakhumicha's report on NHIF fraud. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Doctors and private hospitals have dismissed the government's claim that Sh20 billion was lost through fraudulent medical insurance payments.

They claim that last week's report by Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha was meant to tarnish the name of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) ahead of the transition to the Social Health Authority (SHA).

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