The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) website has been suspended over the fund’s failure to pay hosting fees, CNYAKUNDI.COM can confirm.
The fund has recently been embroiled in corruption scandals that have threatened to bring down the fund whose senior management is now trying to blackmail Kenyans to pay more and more despite the corruption that is eating the fund from within.
When a big company like NHIF’s website is shut down because of hosting fees reveals the disorganization in the senior management, Tweeted a Kenyan on social media.
Kenyans who have been trying to access the website have raised concern over the website’s unavailability, even though millions are set aside for the maintenance and running of the poorly developed website. The website is very slow most of the time despite millions dished out to maintain it.
The NHIF Chairlady Hannah Mureithi who is married to the brother of Karanja Kibicho is currently embroiled in a multimillion scandal with corrupt law firm MMC Africa.
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A few days ago, DCI detectives raided the fund and took with them many documents relating to the scandal that was never procured. Hannah Mureithi has also been accused of demanding for bribed from service providers claiming they go to CS Sicily Kariuki who has refused to quit the ministry.
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But word has it that powerful forces have been working day and night to stop the prosecution of Hannah Mureithi, who is almost collapsing NHIF.