By STELLAR MURUMBAMore by this AuthorPrincipal contributors to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) have hit 6.5 million mark on the back of the campaign that recruited new members from the informal sector. This comes amidst an increased drive to recruit more members in the informal sector. The fund had 6.1 million members last June and 5.2 million in 2015. “We are trying to fill a gap by campaigning to get the about 12million Kenyans in the informal sector who are not registered by NHIF, with a Sh80billion opportunity,” said Mr Mwangi during NHIF’s 50-year celebration in Nairobi last week. Last June’s membership backed with new enhanced rates enabled the fund to raise Sh33.5 billion and used Sh20.9 billion to pay hospitals for benefits and Sh5.9 billion for its expenses.

Source: Daily Nation June 11, 2017 19:07 UTC