A private technology firm is at the centre of a legal battle over deductions applied to payments made by the Social Health Authority (SHA) to hospitals for treating patients under the state-owned insurance scheme.

Documents filed in court by three petitioners, including Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah, allege that Finsprint Limited has received Sh1.2 billion deducted through a two per cent levy from SHA claims paid up to July 1.

The company deducts a 2% fee from every payment made to hospitals before the money is sent, a practice now facing a court challenge. #technology