National Hospital Insurance Fund is a State Parastatal that was established in 1966 as a department under the Ministry of Health. The original Act of Parliament that set up this Fund in 1966 has over the years been reviewed to accommodate the changing healthcare needs of the Kenyan population, employment and restructuring in the health sector. Currently an NHIF Act No 9 of 1998 governs the Fund.

NHIF is committed to ensuring that the Corporate Social Responsibility Programme is an integral part of its basic strategy and plans. The target is to provide value addition to customers, employees’ welfare and community relations while supporting our environment. The Fund has a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) policy that outlines the organizations commitment to good business practices, which provide value to all strategic stakeholders.

CSR programmes generally focus on the broader issues such as combating diseases, alleviating poverty and hunger, education and sanitation. The Fund seeks to build a system of establishing and sustaining long-term partnerships with stakeholders by being responsive to the specific needs of these stakeholders. Donations constitute initiatives, either by request or through national concerns that invite the organization to give by way of a grant to specific projects either in cash or kind.

Whenever the Fund makes such donations, there is no expectation of material gain from that community or groups but NHIF will strive for corporate recognition, credibility and reputation. These initiatives seek to develop partnership with the local communities in health, environment and social development activities, that contribute to long-term economic development of these communities and to partner with other organizations in supporting programmes that are related to our business