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Hundreds of former NHIF employees remain unpaid and without confirmed placements months after their deployment following the transition to the Social Health Authority.
Health CS Aden Duale has ordered the Social Health Authority to pay Sh4 billion in verified NHIF legacy claims to smaller healthcare facilities within two weeks to ease their financial strain.
The judge noted that the former senior manager at the national insurer was dismissed despite appeals for redeployment within government.
Wrangling continues to delay recruitment of senior employees at the new health scheme, with at least 200 former NHIF staff seconded to the Public Service Commission still awaiting deployment.
The hiring of staff for the new health scheme has been rocked by wrangles, with at least 200 former employees of the defunct NHIF currently stuck at the PSC awaiting deployment.
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