Moses Kuria Exposes Hospital Charging Ksh50,000 Cash on Taifa Care

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Moses Kuria Exposes Hospital Charging Ksh50,000 Cash on Taifa Care

Moses Kuria

State House senior economic advisor Moses Kuria on Sunday, December 8, continued his expose’ of hospitals he termed ‘rogue’ for unlawfully demanding cash from patients.

According to Kuria, the hospital operating in Nyeri has been demanding cash from patients who have registered for the Taifa Care initiative launched by President William Ruto.

Additionally, the former CS asked members of the public with patients at the facility to withdraw their patients from the facility and take them to Nyeri PGH Hospital.

The advisor revealed that he had information that the hospital was demanding a total of Ksh50,000 from Taifa Care patients before administering any service.

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”Fake Hospital Alert. Consolata Hospital, Nyeri demanding a Ksh50,000 deposit from Taifa Care patients. Please do not pay. Kindly transfer your patients to Nyeri PGH Hospital if you are asked to pay at Mathari,” Kuria stated.

Kenyans.co.ke also had access to a medical receipt shared by the advisor of a patient who had been slapped with a Ksh50,000 bill.

Kuria’s alert came against the backdrop of yet another flag alert that he issued on Friday, December 6, warning the public that another hospital was demanding cash for patients.

He instead asked the public to report the matter to any police station so that action could be taken against the management.

“Rogue hospitals alert, Mukurweini Level 4 Hospital, Nyeri County corruptly demanding cash from Taifa Care patients. Patients are advised not to pay and report in the nearest police station,” Kuria noted in a post on Friday.

However, it remained surprising why Kuria who seems to have been given the mandate to promote the initiative by the President could not convince authorities of an immediate action on the facilities that he has so far flagged.

Patients, in the past, raised concerns about difficulties in accessing medical services with the Social Health Authorities (SHA) disclosing that patients are sometimes required to pay cash to receive care.

According to the Ministry of Health, hospitals registered under SHA are prohibited from asking patients for cash payments. 

Consequently, hospitals have reported that Taifa Care is experiencing financial challenges, limiting its ability to fully facilitate medical services for patients.

As of November 2024, over 15 million Kenyans had registered with the Social Health Authority (SHA) with Kirinyaga, Nyeri, Lamu, Kiambu, and Bomet leading as the top five counties with the most registrations, while Turkana, Garissa, Mandera, West Pokot, and Marsabit have the lowest registration numbers.

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Source: kENYANS.CO.KE

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