{"id":845857,"date":"2025-05-04T21:12:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T02:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/we-will-explain-sha-issues-if-given-a-chance-health-cs\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T21:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T02:12:36","slug":"we-will-explain-sha-issues-if-given-a-chance-health-cs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/we-will-explain-sha-issues-if-given-a-chance-health-cs\/","title":{"rendered":"We will explain SHA issues if given a chance-Health CS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/wysiwyg\/images\/xKnHo4uZGWCqyW54Vo1izb6N6HLjBY4HFld8ks3e.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"><figcaption>\n<p>Health CS Debra\u00a0Barasa\u00a0before the Committee on Appointments at the Mini Chambers, County Hall, Nairobi on August 1,2024 [Elvis Ogina, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa has acknowledged the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/national\/article\/2001513104\/how-govt-broke-the-law-when-setting-up-sha\">Auditor General\u2019s report on discrepancies<\/a> made when setting up the Social Health Authority (SHA) system.\n<\/p>\n<p>This comes days after Auditor General Nancy Gathungu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/health\/amp\/national\/article\/2001513104\/how-govt-broke-the-law-when-setting-up-sha\">revealed five ways<\/a> the State Department of Medical Services broke the law, when setting up the system.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference at SHA Headquarters on Wednesday, CS Barasa said the issues will be addressed in Parliament if given a chance.\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lB1Mo1CmQiE?si=R1IQQZ_-fKAUNNmT\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are monitoring to ensure sustainability. Improving contributions from both the informal and formal sector will help with the sustainability. We are cognisant of the Auditor General\u2019s report. The issues will be addressed in parliament if given a chance,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<ul data-mrf-recirculation=\"keep-reading\">\n<li>\n<div>\n<p><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a class href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001514452\/ministry-of-lands-a-hotbed-of-corruption-exposed-by-court-of-appeal-ruling\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ministry of Lands: A hotbed of corruption exposed by court of appeal ruling\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/articles\/thumbnails\/Eko9XwMUZdsg2TGHW12LvfdbYleF0ptAjOqXwdyq.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Ministry of Lands: A hotbed of corruption exposed by court of appeal ruling<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a class href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001514963\/ghost-drivers-missing-fuel-how-corruption-runs-county-vehicles?utm_cmp_rs=amp-next-page\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ghost drivers, missing fuel: H...\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/articles\/thumbnails\/hgw5sB4XgKFx65diQLGQ6WWZ6b8muBgozKCohrQV.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Ghost drivers, missing fuel: How corruption runs county vehicles<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a class href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001514224\/variations-in-cost-design-stall-sh2b-works-for-counties-headquarters?utm_cmp_rs=amp-next-page\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Variations in cost, design sta...\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/articles\/thumbnails\/p6xakkAnSgf6G2eOfl2MKtEw7bc2lo2pRKsxAb0q.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Variations in cost, design stall Sh2b works for counties&#8217; headquarters<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a class href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001514165\/senators-grill-health-ministry-officials-over-budget-hike-request?utm_cmp_rs=amp-next-page\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Senators grill health ministry...\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/articles\/thumbnails\/RVfP7OhKT39IdrQDFbixJtMseLvutOwTXCzxF8aD.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Senators grill health ministry officials over budget hike request<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When asked whether the government owns or has control of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001513148\/ruto-digital-sha-system-to-curb-fraud-expand-universal-health-coverage?utm_cmp_rs=amp-next-page\">SHA\u2019s digital system<\/a>, the CS brushed off the question saying \u2018the president already addressed that\u2019.\n<\/p>\n<p>In response to the irregularities which are reported to exceed Sh100b, acting SHA CEO Robert Ingasira says SHIF collections are deposited to six banks, adding that all outgoing funds directed toward hospital payments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollections for SHIF go to six bank accounts; there is no single cent that goes somewhere else. The only amount that leaves these accounts goes into paying hospitals,\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The banks include Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), ABSA Bank Kenya, Co-operative Bank of Kenya, Sidian BAnk, Equity Bank and Diamond Trust Bank.<\/p>\n<p>A report filed by the Auditor General Nancy Gathungu, on state organs for the year 2023-2024 listed unbudgeted and non-competitive procurement, undefined scope of works, lack of agreements on payments, and unfavorable contract clauses as some of the shortcomings of SHA.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional Reporting by Gloria Milimu.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Standard Digital <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001513200\/we-will-explain-sha-issues-if-given-a-chance-health-cs\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health CS Debra\u00a0Barasa\u00a0before the Committee on Appointments at the Mini Chambers, County Hall, Nairobi on August 1,2024 [Elvis Ogina, Standard] Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa has acknowledged the Auditor General\u2019s report on discrepancies made when setting up the Social Health Authority (SHA) system. This comes days after Auditor General Nancy Gathungu revealed five ways the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":845858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22515,2178],"tags":[10609,5410],"class_list":{"0":"post-845857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-given","8":"category-issues","9":"tag-given","10":"tag-issues"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}