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We need medical supplies; we need to pay staff. Our hospitals are running on deep debts because of these huge arrears,\u201d they said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe ask the government to move with speed and not close its eyes to this reality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Church further warned that new arrears are already piling up under the Social Health Authority (SHA), cautioning that the system risks replicating the same challenges that crippled NHIF operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are beginning to accumulate arrears again under the SHA system. We hope this doesn\u2019t go the route of NHIF,\u201d the bishops warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sh10bn-nhif-debt\">Sh10bn NHIF debt <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Their protest comes weeks after Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale revealed that NHIF left behind a Sh10 billion debt, which continues to strain operations in hospitals\u2014particularly faith-based, private, and county facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Appearing before the National Assembly Health Committee in October, Duale said the Cabinet had resolved to prioritize payment of smaller verified claims below Sh10 million per facility, amounting to Sh5.3 billion, once the supplementary budget is approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Cabinet has decided that we start by clearing claims below Sh10 million, which represent the largest portion of the debt \u2014 subject to verification,\u201d Duale told MPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnce the Supplementary Budget is passed and the Sh5.3 billion is released, it will be easy to pay these claims. Verification has already begun in collaboration with SHA.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duale urged lawmakers to support the ministry\u2019s efforts to settle the pending bills, saying the backlog has pushed many hospitals to the brink of closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe biggest challenge health facilities are facing today is not SHIF, but the old NHIF debt,\u201d he said. \u201cSeveral facilities \u2014 private, public, and faith-based \u2014 are on the verge of closure due to huge pending bills inherited from NHIF.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He cited St. Mary\u2019s Mumias Mission Hospital in Kakamega, which is still owed close to Sh40 million in NHIF arrears, despite receiving recent payments from SHA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bishops have now called for immediate government intervention, insisting that verification alone is not enough and that actual disbursements must be fast-tracked to rescue struggling mission hospitals serving millions of Kenyans, especially in rural and underserved areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a very serious matter. 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