By Samwel Doe Ouma @samweldoe
Heath CS Mutahi Kagwe has inaugurated board of directors of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, National Health Insurance Fund and the Kenya Health Professions Oversight Authority.
The PPB board will be chaired by Dr. Rodgers Atebe with Dr. Fred Siyoi as CEO. Muleli Mutuku, Dr. Paul Magutu Njaria, Dorcas Wanjiru Ngechu, Dr. John Munguti Kisengi, Miriam Wairimu Ndirangu, Stephens Ogutu Oyaya and Dr. Diana Marion are members.
The Cs also inaugurated members of the Kenya Health Professions Oversight Authority (KHPOA) which includes Dr. Amit N. Thakker who is the board’s chairperson, Manaseh Bocha, Eunice Njeri Tole, Meboh Abuor, Irina Moraa Ogamba, Elyas Sheikh Abdinoor and Mariam Adam. Dr. Jackson Kioko is the authority’s CEO. It will among others ensure provision of ethical and quality healthcare services to the public, ensure proper structures in healthcare delivery are in place, safeguard processes that ensure good quality as well as assessing patient outcomes in ways that enhance improvement.
NHIF board which is key in government efforts towards realizing Universal Health Coverage through pooling risks and funds to offer financial protection to its beneficiaries.
Hon. Lewis Nguyai will chair the new NHIF board. Other members are Dr. Isabella Maina, Michael Kahiti, Dr. Andrew W. Onyino, Albert Obed Njeru, Ben Wakhungu, Dr. Silpah Owich and Dominic Ndegwa. Dr. Peter Kamunyo is the fund’s CEO and Secretary to the Board.
