NAIROBI, NOVEMBER 28 – The High Court of Kenya has suspended the implementation of Social Health Insurance Scheme. This comes after Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacies and Dentist Union (KMPDU) went to court to challenge its implementation citing lack of public participation.
KMPDU obtained a court order suspending implementation of three laws that were vital for the implementation of Social Health Insurance Scheme until 7th of February 2024.
The ministry of Health had stated that the Scheme will take effect beginning January 2024. The court order however, puts a brake to it until the case taken to court is heard and determined.
Some of the Acts that were suspended includes the Primary Health Care Act 2023, the Social Health Insurance Fund Act 2023 and the Digital Health Act 2023.
KMPDU had pointed out that the government acted on its own without putting the Union’s grievances into consideration. The new social health care scheme will which is under the Universal Health Coverage plan has come to a stop until High Court gives its verdict next year.
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President William Ruto had on Sunday 26th of November lauded Social Insurance Scheme saying that it had a potential to bolster healthcare in the country. He had even went further to thanked the members of parliament for passing the acts in parliament. The acts sought to control and govern the delivery of health care in Kenya.
“I want to thank the members of parliament for passing four new health care policies to control health care in our country,” Ruto said in a church service in Nairobi.
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