February 2019 Business Daily;Medical insurers say premiums will most likely go up unless doctors cut fees in a sector where costs are rising and losses escalating. The comments come even as the industry grapples with fraud that has dogged the business for years with the main victims being policyholders who …

February 2019 Business Daily;Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital is set to become a State corporation under Health ministry according to an order signed by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The hospital which has been put up at Sh8 billion will, however, continue to provide specialised treatment alongside training and research …

February 2019 Business Daily; The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) has suspended permits of two more firms whose peanut butter brands have also been found to have exceeded the maximum aflatoxin content, alongside ordering the recall of Jetlak Foods Limited’s Nuteez product. The agency says food manufacturers Triclover — producer …

January 2019 Yahoo News;Brian Whitfield sat on the floor of his office, back against the wall, gun in hand and a heavy-duty garbage bag nearby. The gun was intended to kill himself. The garbage bag was meant to help whoever had the misfortune of finding him clean up the aftermath. …

January 2019 theStar; Nuteez peanut butter has been declared not fit for human consumption. In a certificate of analysis on Thursday, the government chemist Johansen Oduor said it exceeds the maximum required limit of aflatoxin. The peanut butter was found to be containing 28.08ppb aflotoxin, 18.08ppb more than the required limit. Peanuts are susceptible …

January 2019 TheStar; A man who developed brain damage as a result of an operation gone wrong 14 years ago at Nairobi Hospital has been awarded Sh44.5 million by the court. In his ruling, High Court judge George Odunga on Wednesday also awarded his parents Sh1 million. The parents had …

January 2019 Kenyans;According to reports, the 48-year -old patient only Identified as Paulwas being treated for epilepsy. It is alleged that Paul suddenly got violent and started attacking other patients and members of staff. Rony Mutuma who was being treated for diabetes succumbed to the incident after the violent patient hit him with …

January 2019 Citizen News; The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has been sued for allegedly not paying Ksh.10million to one of its service providers. The applicants in the case, Patanisho Maternity and Nursing Home, claim that having provided services from 2015 to date, NHIF has refused to pay for the …

January 2019 BusinessDaily; Kenyatta National Hospital is in deep financial trouble after the National Hospital Insurance Fund failed to pay Sh800 million it owes the giant medical institution. The hospital operations are already in peril, putting the lives of thousands of patients, who depend on the facility, at risk with …

January 2019 Business Daily; The French Development Agency (AFD) has invested Sh150 million in Safaricom-backed healthcare app M-Tiba that will go towards growing the number of individuals and healthcare providers on the platform. The cash injection will be used to on-board a targeted 500 new healthcare providers to the app …