Tough times for injured NYS personnel as state fails to release Sh7 billion

Injured National Youth Service personnel and families of those who died in service are facing untold suffering following the government’s failure to release Sh7 billion owed to them.

Senators have raised an alarm that, despite being covered under the NYS insurance scheme, the affected families continue to languish without compensation.

“I seek a statement from the Health Committee on a matter of national concern regarding the delay by the defunct National Hospital Insurance Fund scheme and its successor, the Social Health Authority, to settle claims under the NYS insurance scheme,” Bungoma Senator David Wafula said.