{
  "id": 1770044,
  "title": "Ruto dismisses claims of Ksh1.2B SHA payment to ‘ghost company’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ruto-dismisses-claims-of-ksh1-2b-sha-payment-to-ghost-company",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T17:58:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/ruto-dismisses-claims-of-ksh1-2b-sha-payment-to-ghost-company"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President William Ruto has defended payments made under the Social Health Authority (SHA) for digital health management services, dismissing claims that hospitals are paying a private “ghost company” billions of shillings. Speaking at the KICC on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, Ruto said the cost of the digital platform used to administer SHA services is covered […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}