NHIF claims “typing errors” caused Sh368m in excess payouts loss

 NHIF headquarters

National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) headquarters, Nairobi on November 22, 2023.

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The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) has claimed that it paid out Sh368 million in excess claims due to "typing errors" and has no proof of where the money went.

In a scandal exposing leakages within the Fund managing billions of shillings belonging to Kenyans, Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu reveals that in the year to June 2023, NHIF paid Sh814.9 million claims yet hospitals only billed Sh447.12 million through some 10 schemes.

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