The Social Health Authority (SHA) has taken down the list of hospital claim payments from its website.
The authority has also disabled the Kenya Master Facility Registry that tracked payments and facility details.
The news follows public scrutiny and outcry over the alleged distribution of millions of shillings to ghost hospitals, with some linked to high-ranking officials within the agency.
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Kenyans blamed the government for not keeping its promise of wiping out cartels when they switched from NHIF to SHA under President William Ruto.
Speaking after the news, Health CS Aden Duale termed the allegations as blackmail and that it will not deter them from offering quality, affordable, and dignified healthcare to Kenyans.
“No amount of propaganda or blackmail will deter us from fixing our healthcare system. We know saboteurs of SHA have recruited several groups including some sections of the media to advance their agenda.
Let them be warned: We are fixing this thing regardless of the noise! our work has just begun. We will not rest until every Kenyan has access to quality, affordable, and dignified healthcare, free from the burden of fraud.” said Duale
