The current penalty for late or no payment for your monthly NHIF contribution as a self-employed individual is KES 50.

In the past, the amount used to be KES 250.

The revised amount is just 10 percent of the monthly contribution amount of KES 500.

If you have accrued any penalties, read and follow the steps in this blog post to pay your NHIF penalties.

In extreme cases where you have been unable to contribute monthly to your NHIF for a period of over one year, NHIF will waive all your penalties.

At that point, you will start paying your contributions afresh and will be able to enjoy NHIF benefits 3 months after the date you make your first deposit.

According to this announcement, NHIF contributions could soon be KES 300 for low-income earners.

However, there is a high possibility for the late payment penalty to remain at KES 50.

Since the KES 50 is 10 percent of the current contribution of KES 500, the new announcement of the KES 300 contribution per month, some may expect the penalty to also go down to KES 30.