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Framing the Argument to Broaden Kenya’s Limited Fiscal Space for Health Financing by Introducing Zakat

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  • Laila Abdul Latif

    (Doctoral Researcher at Cardiff Law School, University of Nairobi, Kenya)

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Finance is, as it were, the stomach of the country, from which all other organs take their tone. One such organ is the public healthcare sector. Healthcare financing in Kenya continues to remain underfunded. The problem of limited finances is not new, it flows out of Kenya’s colonial past and government’s arguments are clothed in clichés: the budget is not sufficient to meet all financing needs for the country and so, health spending must be limited. At independence, Kenya targeted growth as the primary driver of development and relegated spending on healthcare until growth was stabilised.

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  • Laila Abdul Latif, 2018. "Framing the Argument to Broaden Kenya’s Limited Fiscal Space for Health Financing by Introducing Zakat," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 5(5), pages 001-010, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:5:y:2018:i:5:p:001-010
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.05.001262
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
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