Pamela Atieno J, RN, PhD.

Academics and Research- Health Systems and Policy |RMCAH | NCD| Evidence-Informed Policy| Global Health | Service Integration | Views are solely mine.

[Pamela Atieno J, RN, PhD. @atienopam]

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[Pamela Atieno J, RN, PhD. @atienopam]

Kenya’s Health Summit laid a strong foundation, health worker recruitment, cancer funding, NESP, KEMSA reforms, digital innovation. Now promises must be kept: reliable PHC, sustainable financing, legal accountability, seamless digitization, county stewardship

[Clay🐚 @OGgrandad]

Health financing and social health insurance take centre stage in Breakout Session A1, with SHA CEO Dr. Mercy Mwangangi and PS Dr. Ouma Oluga leading discussions on sustaining investment reforms and protecting households from financial hardship. #KenyaHealthSummit #HealthSummitKE

[Pamela Atieno J, RN, PhD. @atienopam]

@citizentvkenya Health Human Resource is another big challenge.

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Dr. James Nyikal: The Health Summit’s purpose is to look at the components of the healthcare system, such as financing, which has been our biggest issue. Fortunately, the discussions indicated that we are on the right track #CitizenDayBreak

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Dr. James Nyikal: Some healthcare workers are satisfied, while others are on strike. However, the Council of Governors chairperson said that discussions are underway, proving that the Health Summit is very useful #CitizenDayBreak

[Geoffrey Mosiria @HonMosiria]

Mr. President, Please Seek the Truth on the Ground About SHA

H.E. the President, Kenyans need to tell you the truth about what is happening on the ground with the Social Health Authority (SHA).

SHA was launched with good intentions, and many Kenyans welcomed the transition from NHIF to a system intended to provide accessible healthcare to all. However, there are growing concerns that implementation challenges, administrative failures and possible malpractice in some facilities may be undermining the programme and creating the impression that SHA is not working.

There are reports and concerns from patients that when a patient is referred from a Level 4 facility to a Level 5 or Level 6 hospital because of the seriousness of their condition, they may be asked to pay cash before admission, despite being under SHA. This is especially concerning because ordinary Kenyans were led to believe that they would be able to access covered healthcare without being required to make such payments.

Another major problem occurs when the SHA system is unavailable or experiencing technical or administrative difficulties. Patients can find themselves unable to receive treatment unless they pay cash. A system failure should not become a reason for a sick person to be denied urgent medical care.

There are also concerns that some hospitals may submit claims to SHA while simultaneously asking patients to make additional payments for services they believe should be covered. These allegations need to be independently investigated rather than dismissed.

There are further concerns that individuals who previously benefited from fraudulent or questionable NHIF claims may have interests within the new system, and that some people within SHA or hospital management could be contributing to its problems. These are serious allegations and should not be treated as facts without evidence. However, they are important enough to warrant an independent investigation.

Mr. President, please do not rely only on reports from officials within the system. Commission an independent, transparent assessment of SHA implementation across the country, particularly in public hospitals and among ordinary citizens who depend on public healthcare.

The investigation should establish:

1.Whether hospitals are demanding cash payments for services covered by SHA.

2.Whether hospitals are submitting SHA claims while also charging patients for the same services.

https://t.co/X9NnffcqGu often system failures prevent patients from accessing treatment.

4.Whether public hospitals are receiving SHA reimbursements on time and whether those payments are reaching the intended services.

5.Whether there is fraud, abuse or conflict of interest within the SHA claims and payment system.

6.Why patients referred to higher-level hospitals are sometimes facing difficulties accessing care.

7.Whether the experience of ordinary Kenyans differs significantly from that of civil servants or other groups with easier access to healthcare services.

The President should hear directly from patients, doctors, nurses, hospital administrators and independent healthcare experts not only from officials responsible for implementing SHA.

If SHA is being sabotaged or poorly implemented, those responsible should be identified and held accountable. If the problems are caused by weaknesses in the system, those weaknesses should be corrected.

Kenyans do not want SHA to fail. They want it to work.

Mr. President, please obtain an independent report on what is actually happening in hospitals across the country and correct the mistakes before public confidence in SHA is lost. The success of universal healthcare should not be determined by reports on paper; it should be measured by whether an ordinary Kenyan can walk into a hospital when sick and receive the care they need without being forced to pay cash because of failures within the system.

[Donald B Kipkorir @DonaldBKipkorir]

Dear Good People Of Homa Bay

Today, your youth were paid to block young political leader Sifuna from peaceably entering Homa Bay town. In so blocking him, the world was exposed to your roads that resembled those of Yemen. Immediately, you were led by your leaders to blame President Uhuru Kenyatta for your state of roads. Blaming President Uhuru is intellectual laziness.

Since independence in 1963, Homa Bay unlike the rest of Luo Nyanza has always been with the Government of the day. Whilst rest of Luo was against President Jomo Kenyatta, Tom Mboya from Homa Bay was our first Economy Minister that came up with our development policy still in use until today. For entirety of President Daniel Arap Moi rule, Homa Bay provided KANU with its powerful leaders. History therefore shows that Homa Bay stood out in Luo Nyanza as it always produced powerful Ministers in every regime. Now we have Mbadi as our Finance Minister!

2010 Constitution took away national development from sole control of the President to Parliament. Budgetary allocation, financial appropriations & development projects are now the exclusive role of MPs. If you have no development in your County, blame your MP. Your MP can only exonerate himself by showing Hansard Report to his contribution during the BUDGET PROCESS.

Finally, since 2012, all Counties receive Billions for own development. Since 2012, Homa Bay has received over Kshs. 140Billion. Can it be seen on the ground? Homa Bay cannot blame any President for its problems. They should look at the mirror & ask themselves why it has always had powerful Ministers yet no development.

2027 gives Homa Bay another chance to elect leaders that serve the people & not themselves. Maybe a start will be electing Raymond Omolo as your Governor. Raymond has proven himself. Give him a chance. He may turn Homa Bay from Yemen to Little Monaco or Montego Bay.

Don’t blame others. Fix your leadership.

[Yoko @Kibet_bull]

SHA is being operated in Dubai, the operators are paid 600M monthly.

NHIF was not corrupt, the loot was not part of them.

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[Pamela Atieno J, RN, PhD. @atienopam]

@DrBKhalwale Yawa..

[Ndindi Nyoro @NdindiNyoro]

Kiharu Masomo Bora - 2026 Edition.

Grateful to have launched the program today.

1.The Programme covers over 12,000 learners in all 65 Day Secondary Schools in Kiharu.

https://t.co/Tkz9PxCKbG Fees for all Day Secondary School learners will be Ksh 500 per term starting this 1st term of 2026. (Senior Secondary Schools).

3.All learners to be served lunch at School on all days, including Saturdays. Githeri 3 days and rice 3 days. Uji for “tea” break.

4.Chapati to be served for lunch every last Friday of the Month.

5.Additional Ksh 10 M for revision materials to be provided by Kiharu NG – CDF this Financial Year. Ksh 20M has been provided in the previous years.

6.More than Ksh 50M to be provided for additional infrastructure, with a bias on laboratories. More has been provided since the programme started.

7.All students joining grade 10 in the 20 identified schools with low enrolment and the new schools (those starting this year) to be provided with uniforms for free.

8.All the 65 Day Schools will be provided with an extra Ksh 50,000 to supplement the activity kitty since capitation is not enough. For music festivals, games, and co-curricular activities.

9.Ksh 900,000 is provided for prize-giving celebrations. Ksh 450,000 for each of the two Sub Counties (Murang’a East and Kahuro). This is to reward the best performers without having parents pay for it.

10.The best improved teacher per subject in each of the sub-counties to get a paid-up trip to Mombasa. This will include the previous year, since some were participating in the marking of KCSE when they could have travelled. (From the MP – since public resources don’t have this provision).

11.Principals from the best and best-improved schools per ward to have a fully paid-up trip to Dubai. Of the 6 wards, twelve Principals will travel. Those who have travelled to Dubai before may choose to travel to Malaysia.

12.Schools with remedial arrangements capped at Ksh 1,000 per Term.

https://t.co/CZWUiCATSD other payment or registration fees of any nature in all the institutions.

14.Premiums and general service of buses owned by Day Secondary Schools to be paid for by the programme. Since they are common utilities accessible to and by any public institution.

15.The programme covers all learners, including Kenyans from other parts of the Country as long as they are in any of our Day Secondary Schools.

We are African and Africa is our Business..

[Pamela Atieno J, RN, PhD. @atienopam]

@DrRoselynAkombe @HakiKNCHR May her Soul Rest in Peace.

[The Kenyan Vigilante @KenyanSays]

" Murkomen hasn't learnt anything yet"- Dhimbil goes hard on Murkomen the CS with a weakness for fine things in life!

[Kenya National Innovation Agency (KeNIA) @KENIAupdates]

KENYA INNOVATION WEEK (KIW) 2024- AFRICA EDITION Opening Ceremony https://t.co/3NjaFbc2js

[Kenya National Innovation Agency (KeNIA) @KENIAupdates]

Day 3 of #KIW2024.

Join us this morning for the official opening ceremony of the Kenya Innovation Week at The Edge Convention Centre Nairobi or through our YouTube channel

follow link: https://t.co/DJjHHczkco

And later in the afternoon, as we dive into:

1. Kenya Start-Up Summit - On the synergy between entrepreneurship and innovation and the potential for visionary entrepreneurs to accelerate economic growth, improve livelihoods, and drive sustainable development. - Hosted by Kenya National Innovation Agency (KeNIA) Jasiri4Africa Heifer International Kenya UK-Kenya Tech Hub East Africa Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EAVCA) and ChatsasaAI by Eston Kimani and Florence Kimata

2. Data and Evidence for Ecosystem Growth Summit - a discussion on the use of data as evidence and is used in laying the groundwork for building a network of industrial stakeholders who see the value in data-driven approaches and are committed to continued dialogue, collaboration and innovation in applying data to enhance entrepreneurship and innovation efforts, hosted by UK-Kenya Tech Hub GrowthAfrica UK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LTD

#KIW2024 #KIWAfricaEdition #AfricaInnovation

[Pamela Atieno J, RN, PhD. @atienopam]

@seyeabimbola @jocalynclark @mellabarb @emilie_skb @Cris_Monteneg @syd_health @arc_gov_au @jjaimemiranda @d_krugman @Supriya_S5 @prashanthns Congratulations!

[Kenya Innovation Week 2024 @KenyaInnovWeek]

The commercialisation/IP Summit at the #KIW2024 will focus on solution-oriented discussions on strengthening and streamlining research-to-market efforts in Kenyan research institutions, universities and other organisations.

@AnzaVillage @DaystarUni @TheRISAFund @_ARIPO

[Kenya National Innovation Agency (KeNIA) @KENIAupdates]

🚀 The Call for Innovations for the Presidential Innovation Challenge and Award (PIA) 2024-2025 is NOW LIVE!

If you’ve got groundbreaking innovations, this is your moment to shine! Submit your innovations today 👉 https://t.co/dIF3OMtb3v

#PIA2024 #KenyaInnovates #EnablingInnovation

[Hon. KM Katiwa @katiwa_]

If former deputy President Rigathi Gachagua had listened to Uhuru Kenyatta he would be safe with no chest pains. He however chose President William Ruto the liar over his brother. Sad!