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Government To Deduct Sh17 Daily From Hustler Fund To NHIF

BY Getrude Mathayo · April 14, 2023 03:04 pm

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“This amount will assure them of medical and accident expenses. At least when a hustler is hurt or gets into an accident or is sick, he can walk to any hospital and they are treated and released. No one will be detained anymore.”

Hustler fund customers will be deducted 17 shillings daily for the National Health Insurance Fund, NHIF. The government plans to compel Hustler Fund borrowers to enroll in the NHIF in a proposed Insurance to actualize the long-delayed rollout of the universal health coverage scheme.

Co-operatives and Small Enterprises Cabinet Secretary, Simon Chelugui, disclosed Thursday that his ministry was in advanced discussions with NHIF with a view to channeling part of the borrowed cash from Hustler Fund to the national health insurance scheme.

“Alongside that (borrowing) are bespoke products which we will be launching. On universal health coverage, NHIF is engaging with us with a view of also taking out Sh17 per day from this hustler and putting it in their health insurance,” Mr. Chelugui told a manufacturing SMEs convention in Nairobi.

“This amount will assure them of medical and accident expenses. At least when a hustler is hurt or gets into an accident or is sick, he can walk to any hospital and they are treated and released. No one will be detained anymore.”

In 2022, the government announced its plans to restructure the NHIF from an individual contributory scheme to a household contribution model to grow the population under the cover.

This comes as one of the new developments aimed at increasing the contribution to the state health financing scheme that had received a battering during the Covid-19 pandemic period.

According to Principal Secretary of the State Department of SMEs, Susan Mang’eni, the new plan will ensure small businesses don’t utilize their capital for medical expenses.

“Our SMEs cannot differentiate between personal and business finances. They use the capital for medication Sickness is the major disruptor of SMEs at infancy,” Ps state department of SMEs Susan Mang’eni.

Kenya has for more than two decades struggled to implement universal health coverage (UHC) even after pilots in Kisumu, Nyeri, Machakos, and Isiolo counties.

Related Content: 80% Of NHIF Members Defaulted On Monthly Contributions

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