The Universal Health Coverage programme will be launched afresh to serve Kenyans better, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has said. UHC, whose pilot phase was launched in December 2018 by President Uhuru Kenyatta, is intended to ensure all Kenyans have access to preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services at minimum financial burden. Kagwe said the programme will be under the National Hospital Insurance Fund, which will biometrically capture the details of everyone registered. He said while Nyeri residents were happy that UHC had catered for their health services, they will be exposed after the expiry of the pilot phase. “Free hospital services in UHC pilot counties ended March 2020.

Source: The Star August 30, 2020 19:52 UTC