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Continue reading →: Foetal Personhood- Why rights must assign at birth
https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/blogs/why-rights-must-strictly-assign-at-birth-5477088 The Court of Appeal (April 2026) overturned a decision of the High Court (March 2019) on the fundamental right to abortion by requiring that the criminal justice process applies to all accused persons charged under sections 158,159 and 160 of the Penal Code. The most retrogressive effect of this…
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Continue reading →: Who pays Community Health Workers?
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/governors-reject-plan-counties-to-pay-uhc-workers-5048042 As I write this, I am listening to Davido- Funds ft. ODUMODUBLVCK, Chike. Clearly, this is not the tune the Council of Governors is playing in its discussions with the National Government over the issue of payment of community health workers. Schedule 4 of the Constitution of Kenya,2010 stipulates…
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Continue reading →: The Auditor General’s role over funds held by the Social Health Authority
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/companies/court-orders-suspension-of-nhif-pending-bills-verification-team-5040196 On 28 March 2025, the new Cabinet Secretary for Health, Aden Duale, appointed a 19 member committee to scrutinize and audit claims under the NHIF. This Committee was required to submit their findings to the Ministry of Health, despite the fact that beginning October 2024, the Social Health Authority…
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Continue reading →: Redress for violations- the SHI Dispute Resolution TribunalWe have had SHIF and SHA for 3.5 months now and the systems foreseen under the different Funds and legal frameworks are not yet operational. It was sad to watch this video of a new mum seeking redress at the Office of the Cabinet Secretary for Health at Afya House.…
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Continue reading →: SHA plans to charge teenage mothersDo you remember the Linda Mama Program which was celebrated for how it supported deliveries for Kenyan girls and women from underserved populations with ease? We clamored for its return with the new social health plans, specifically advocating for the program to be legally recognized so that it was not…
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