OtherGazette notice
Gazette Notice No. 13369 of 2025
The Cabinet Secretary for Health publishes a list of healthcare services not available in Kenya.
Official PDF · 1.3 MB
Whole issue, from Kenya Law. This notice starts on printed page 6332.
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What the notice says
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Publish healthcare services list
Link- Issuing authority
- Cabinet Secretary for Health
- Body
- Social Health Authority (consulted)
- Recommending body
- Benefits Package and Tariffs Advisory Panel
Schedule 36 rows
| S/No. | Healthcare Service | Justification |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wrist joint arthroplasty | Lack of dedicated joint replacement and implant availability |
| 2. | Metacarpal joint arthroplasty | Limited prosthesis access and expertise |
| 3. | Ankle joint arthroplasty | Lack of surgical expertise and advanced implants |
| 4. | Whole femoral replacement | No access to mega-prostheses |
| 5. | Proximal femoral replacement | Inadequate oncology infrastructure |
| 6. | Distal femoral replacement | Lack of implants and training |
| 7. | Proximal tibial replacement | Not routinely performed due to resource limitations |
| 8. | Allograft use | No national bone bank |
| 9. | Complex congenital heart surgery requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in paediatrics | Lack of ECMO capacity and ICU support |
| 10. | Liver Transplant | No paediatric liver transplant program |
| 11. | Bone Marrow Transplant | No dedicated Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) units |
| 12. | Kidney Transplant (paediatric) | Underdeveloped paediatric nephrology services |
| 13. | Intrathecal chemotherapy for Retinoblastoma | Limited access to specialist paediatric oncology |
| 14. | Laryngeal transplant | No national legal framework for larynx transplantation |
| 15. | Intrauterine blood transfusion | Lack of foetal therapy centres and trained maternal-foetal specialists |
| 16. | Intrauterine shunt placement (bladder outlet obstruction, hydrothorax, cysts) | No capacity for intrauterine surgical procedures |
| 17. | Intrauterine vesicocentesis, thoracentesis, paracentesis | Lack of interventional radiology in maternal-foetal settings |
| 18. | Fetoscopy, amniotic band ligation, laser ablation | Absence of fetoscopic instruments and trained personnel |
| 19. | Amnioreduction, amnioinfusion | Rarely performed due to risk and limited technical skills |
| 20. | Foetal reduction, cord occlusion, cordocentesis | Lack of access to selective foetal reduction tools and protocols |
| 21. | Advanced endometriosis excision | Limited advanced laparoscopic skills among gynaecologists |
| 22. | Sacral neuromodulation for urinary/faecal incontinence | No neuromodulation equipment or trained urogynecologists |
| 23. | Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT), specifically Lutetium-177 | Lack of licensed radiopharmaceutical handling units and specialist nuclear medicine infrastructure |
| 24. | DOTA-Tyr3-OctreotateTATE Positron Emission Tomography/ Computed Tomography scan (DOTA-TATE scan) | Diagnostic unavailability for neuroendocrine tumour staging |
| 25. | Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor Positron Emission Tomography/ Computed Tomography imaging | Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor-based imaging is unavailable nationally despite its value in detecting fibrotic and neoplastic lesions |
| 26. | Microwave ablation of metastatic tumours | No national capacity for percutaneous microwave tumour ablation |
| 27. | Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell therapy (CAR T-cell therapy) | Highly specialized cell therapy not yet authorized or available in Kenya |
| 28. | Bispecific T-cell engagers | No production or regulatory pathway for bispecific antibody-based immunotherapies |
| 29. | Allogeneic bone marrow/peripheral blood stem cell transplant | Only autologous transplants performed with limited centres; allogeneic capacity inadequate |
| 30. | Trans jugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt | Limited only by unavailability of essential tools and consumables |
| 31. | Yttrium-90 (Y-90) radio-embolization | Lack of access to Yttrium-90 isotopes and delivery systems |
| 32. | Surgical management of birth-related brachial plexus injuries | Lack of neurophysiology equipment and trained personnel |
| 33. | Photopheresis (ECP - Extracorporeal Photopheresis) | Not available |
| 34. | Nerve Ablation Therapy | Lack of neurophysiology equipment and trained personnel |
| 35. | Neural Regenerative Therapy | Lack of neurophysiology equipment and trained personnel |
| 36. | Proton Therapy | Not available |
Everyone named
| Signed by | ADEN DUALE, Cabinet Secretary for Health |
|---|---|
| Body | Social Health Authority |
| Recommending body | Benefits Package and Tariffs Advisory Panel |
| Law | Social Health Insurance Act |
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- Cites
- Social Health Insurance Act, Legal Notice No. 49 of 2024 (no page yet)
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Kenya Gazette Notice No. 13369 of 2025, Vol. CXXVII No. 195, 19 September 2025, p. 6332.Permalink funua.com/notices/2025/13369/.
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Filed under: Other, 2025 · September 2025 · Vol. CXXVII No. 195