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The Social Health Authority (SHA) is a State corporation under the Government of Kenya responsible for the provision and management of public health insurance within the Republic of Kenya. [1] The core mandate of the SHA is to provide accessible, affordable, sustainable, and quality health insurance for all Kenyan citizens and, where applicable ...
Municipalities and towns are other forms of urban authorities and are generally named after their central town. Local authorities usually differ from divisional and constituency boundaries used by the state administration. Under the former act of parliament local authority administration consisted of a mayor, town clerk and councillors.
Kiambu County has a total of 505 health facilities: 108 are public, 64 faith-based, and 333 private. Kiambu County has 2,652 health personnel of different cadre with a doctor/population ratio of 1:6,667, while the nurse population ratio is at 1:1,110. The immunization coverage is at 89%, close to the national target of 90%. [19]
Divisions of Kenya were further subdivided into locations. Today's counties of Kenya are based on the merging of some of the districts on this list and since the divisions are one level under the districts they are now the sub-counties. This is because Kenya recently changed its constitution and 47 Counties emerged. Here are the divisions ...
Under the new constitution, Kenya is now divided into 47 counties for administrative purposes. They are grouped below according to the former province they were separated from, with their areas and populations as of the 2009 [6] and the 2019 census: [7]
Map of Kenya showing former Provinces before 2013. This is a list of hospitals in Kenya by former provinces and county. There are 57 public hospitals, including seven national referral hospitals, 47 county referral hospitals, and two sub-county hospitals. There are 103 private hospitals, 58 mission hospitals, and 12 NGO hospitals in Kenya.
Ministry of Health. Mwai Kibaki (1988–1991) Charity Kaluki Ngilu (2003–2007) Ministries of Public Health and Medical Services (created in 2008) Ministry of Public Health Beth Mugo (2008-2012) Ministry of Medical Services Peter Anyang Nyong'o (2008-2012) Ministry of Health. James Wainaina Macharia (2013-2015) [7] Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu (2015-2017)
Following a High Court ruling in September 2009, there were 46 legal districts in Kenya, [7] excluding Nairobi which constituted a 47th district. Following the Kenyan general election, 2013, these districts and Nairobi now constitute the 47 counties which will be the basis for rolling out devolution as set out in the 2010 Constitution of Kenya (district headquarters are in parentheses):