SHA will succeed, DP Kindiki assures Kenyans

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has assured Kenyans that the Social Health Authority will succeed, despite the challenges being witnessed.

Kindiki said as challenging as the reforms are, they will succeed.

He said because those reforms are well-intentioned and anchored on our national vision, they will succeed.

He noted that a healthier population means more productive people, adding that this helps in terms of the country’s economic goals.

Kindiki was speaking on Wednesday during the First Nairobi Health Scientific Conference.

The DP said the Kenya Kwanza administration's agenda for health, which has resulted in the current reform movement, is anchored in the national vision.

“Reform is not just to change and revamp health institutions, but it is to ensure that the new system reaches out to as many of our people as possible so that health does not become a prison of some people in Kenya,” he said.

He reiterated that SHA will become accessible and affordable to as many people as possible.

He cited the President’s devotion to streamlining healthcare reiterating that the current administration has a vision and would transform SHA beyond critics’ imagination.

“Those who think that a developing country cannot roll out a successful health reform programme that has been impossible to roll out in some developed countries will live to see the success of this programme because we have a clear vision,” he said.

The DP emphasised the importance of a good healthcare system for any country insisting that it would ultimately transform the economy of Kenya.

“A healthier population means more productive people. Yes, we have a few challenges in the health reforms sector but the new system will work and benefit as many citizens as possible, and ensure that health is not a preserve of a few,” he said.