Kiambu's NHIF programme to benefit over 30,000 households

Kiambu has started the mass registration exercise for the beneficiaries of the county government medical insurance scheme in partnership with NHIF.

The programme introduced by Governor Kimani Wamatangi aims at benefiting more than 30,000 households who will be getting medical services for free in the county’s public hospitals.

The event is being held at Kiambu county headquarters.

Government officials from the Ministry of Health and local leaders among them MPs, MCAs and church leaders are present.

The registration is expected to cover low-end Kenyans as part of Wamatangi manifestos during his campaigns.

The governor had promised Universal Health Care.

Kiamwangi MCA Kungu Smart said the exercise will be entrenched at the grassroots level to help Kenyans.

He said MCAs will support the initiative as it promotes universal health care.

He said access to health care for all is an integral part of President William Ruto’s manifesto.

He said that the government is ready to speed up the much-needed National Health Insurance Fund reforms so that Kenyans from all cadres can benefit.

"We support the governor and we will mobilise people to register at the grassroots level," he said.

About a month ago, the Murang'a county government launched a similar program targeting more than 20,000 homesteads.