Civil servants initiate process to walk out of NHIFCivil servants have formally signalled their intention to withdraw from the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). The Union of Kenya Civil Servants has written to the Public Service ministry to pull its members out of the national medical scheme. SEE ALSO :Elderly cry foul over invalid NHIF cardsConsequently, the union has demanded that private insurers "with a better understanding of the business" be sought to provide medical cover for thousands of civil servants starting July 1 this year. The national insurer has covered civil servants for seven years as the single biggest scheme considering that it has more than 200,000 members. Experts say losing civil servants would have huge implications for the national insurer.

Source: Standard Digital February 17, 2019 21:00 UTC