Ruto: put all Nairobi CHPs on SHA — Sh319m move, county cheque, 90-day kits order
Key points
- All Nairobi CHPs to be enrolled under SHA; national and county governments split insurance cost 50/50.
- Ruto ordered CS Duale to transfer Sh319 million into SHA for the cover; county presented a Sh30,967,200 cheque, matched nationally.
- Nairobi metrics cited: 7,680 CHPs; 810,590 households on eCHIS (54% of target); millions of diabetes and hypertension screenings.
- Nationwide order: new CHP kits within 90 days plus smartphone replacements for digital reporting.
If you are a Nairobi household waiting on a community health visit, the practical news from State House is insurance and tools for the people who knock on your door — not another abstract UHC slogan. President William Ruto directed that all Nairobi Community Health Promoters be enrolled under the Social Health Authority, with national and county governments splitting the medical-cover bill, Eastleigh Voice reported.
He instructed Health CS Aden Duale to transfer Sh319 million already allocated for the programme into SHA to make the cover real. Nairobi County tabled a cheque of Sh30,967,200; Ruto said the national government would match with more than Sh30 million. He challenged other counties to copy the model and, where possible, extend cover to CHP families.
The numbers he used to sell the model
Ruto put 7,680 Nairobi CHPs on the record, each with a kit and smartphone, and said 810,590 households sit on the electronic Community Health Information System — about 54 per cent of the county target. Screenings cited: about 2.7 million diabetes checks (~94,000 cases flagged, ~300,000 referrals), 2.1 million hypertension checks (>50,000 referrals), and over 1.31 million under-five malnutrition and pneumonia screens. Those are operational claims; county health dashboards should publish the same series monthly so the applause line can be audited.
He ordered the Ministry of Health to deliver new community health kits nationwide within 90 days and to replace CHP smartphones for better eCHIS reporting and surveillance — a logistics deadline that will be easy to miss without a published county delivery schedule.
What households should verify
Whether your area CHP appears on an SHA-linked roster; whether kit and phone refresh actually arrives inside 90 days; whether other counties gazette matching budgets. Health desk: Health.
County assemblies outside Nairobi can force a budget line item for CHP SHA premiums before the next supplementary estimates. SHA should publish a CHP enrolment count by county every fortnight. Without cash-flow proof that Sh319 million moved, the State House directive remains a speech.
Based on Eastleigh Voice reporting of Ruto’s State House meeting with Nairobi CHPs. Enrolment and kit delivery should be confirmed from SHA and county payment records.
