The Ministry of Health has launched the NHIF Pending Medical Claims Verification Committee and Secretariat to address what has become one of Kenya's biggest public health financing scandals.

The committee, established on 30 March, is tasked with cleaning up the staggering mess left behind by the now-defunct National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF).

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, during the inauguration at Afya House yesterday, announced that the committee will review all pending medical claims from 1 July 2022 to 30 September 2024. The primary goal is to distinguish genuine bills from fraudulent or exaggerated ones.