insurance fund industry insurance founded 1966 headquarters nairobi kenya key people hon. mohamud m. ali chairperson simeon ole kirgotty chief executive officer 1 products health insurance website homepage the national hospital insurance fund nhif is a kenya government state corporation with a mandate to provide health insurance to kenyans over the age of 18 . 2 the core business and mandate for nhif is to provide accessible affordable sustainable and quality health insurance for all kenyan citizens who have attained the age of 18yrs and a monthly income of kes1 000 and above . 3 the national hospital insurance fund nhif has published new nhif rates 4 which take effect april 1 2015 contents 1 history 2 scandals 2.1 nhif ambulance scandal 2.2 euro bank scandal 2.3 civil servants scheme scandal 3 references history edit nhif was established in 1966 as a department within the ministry of health by an act of parliament . this has been reviewed over the years and it is now governed by act no. 9 of 1998 national hospital insurance fund act . 5 scandals edit nhif ambulance scandal edit main article nhif ambulance scandal in 2001 a scandal relating to irregularities in purchase of ambulances for the nhif resulted in the sacking of the minister for medical services amukowa anangwe . 6 euro bank scandal edit main article euro bank scandal the nhif is estimated to have lost 479m shillings in the collapse of euro bank after the bank collapsed with deposits from state corporations . 7 civil servants scheme scandal edit main article nhif civil servants scheme scandal in early 2012 the nhif was embroiled in a controversy surrounding revelations on the kenya civil servants health care scheme . 8 references edit nhif management structure http www.nhif.or.ke healthinsurance index.php option com content & view article & id 70 & itemid 149 & tmpl component & print 1 & layout default & page & option com content http www.calculator.co.ke national hospital insurance fund nhif contribution http www.calculator.co.ke new nhif rates 2015 http www.kenyalaw.org kenyalaw klr app view cap.php capid 413 http allafrica.com stories 200112310121.html http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi business 2815479 . stm http www.nation.co.ke news fresh scandals unearthed in health scheme 1056 1459554 v8fb4q index.html retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title national hospital insurance fund & oldid 730280016 categories health in kenyagovernment agencies of kenya navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 july 2016 at 00 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view