President William Ruto has announced sweeping reforms to Kenya’s emergency healthcare system, declaring that emergency calls to 922 will now be free across all mobile networks and can be made even without airtime.
In a statement on Wednesday, the President said the changes are aimed at ensuring that no Kenyan is denied life-saving emergency medical care because of financial constraints.
“From today, whenever a Kenyan faces a medical emergency, the first question will never be whether they can pay. The first duty will be to save life,” Ruto said.
The President added that the government has made emergency calls to the national emergency number 922 free on all networks, allowing citizens to seek urgent medical assistance regardless of their financial situation.
“Calls to 922 will be free across every network and accessible even without airtime,” he said.
To strengthen emergency response across the country, Ruto revealed that the Social Health Authority (SHA) has already contracted 1,243 ambulance and emergency service providers, laying the groundwork for a coordinated national emergency medical service.
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