DRAFT PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT (ULINZI PRIME HEALTH SERVICES FUND) REGULATIONS, 2023 

THE NATIONAL TREASURY AND ECONOMIC PLANNING TENDER JULY 2023  

PUBLIC NOTICE

DRAFT PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT (ULINZI PRIME HEALTH SERVICES FUND) REGULATIONS, 2023 

Section 4(a) of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013 provides that “the object of this Act is to provide a
comprehensive regime for the making, scrutiny, publication and operation of Statutory Instruments by
requiring regulation-making authorities to undertake consultation before making Statutory
Instruments”. In addition, Section 5(3) of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013 states that “without limiting by
implication the form that consultation referred to in sub-section (1) might take, the consultation shall –
a. involve notification, either directly or by advertisement; of bodies that, or of organizations representative
of persons who are likely to be affected by the proposed instrument; or
b. invite submissions to be made by a specified date or might invite participation in public hearings to
be held concerning the proposed instrument.
Ulinzi Prime Health Services (UPHS) was established by the Defence Council in July 2022 with the objective of
partially opening up Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Levels IV, V & VI medical facilities for uptake by prescribed
civilians at ‘fee-for-service’.
Accordingly, a Multi-Agency Taskforce composed of officers drawn from the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Health,
the Office of the Attorney General & Department of Justice and the National Treasury has now finalized preparing
the draft Public Finance Management (Ulinzi Prime Health Services Fund) Regulations, 2023.
The Public Finance Management (Ulinzi Prime Health Services Fund) Regulations, 2023 have been posted to the
National Treasury website http://www.treasury.go.ke.
Now, pursuant to Section 4(a) and 5(3) (a) and (b) of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013, the National Treasury
& Economic Planning invites members of the public to submit any comments, inputs or memoranda they may
have on the said Public Finance Management (Ulinzi Prime Health Services Fund) Regulations, 2023 in the format
provided on the website.
The comments, inputs or memoranda thereof from the general public may be forwarded to the Principal
Secretary, National Treasury, P. O. Box 30007-00100, Nairobi or hand delivered to the Office of the
Principal Secretary, National Treasury Building, Nairobi, or emailed to psnt@treasury.go.ke and copied to
jona.wala@treasury.go.ke to be received by 29th July, 2023 at 5.00 p.m.
Additionally, there shall be in person meetings for public consultations on the above Public Finance Management
(Ulinzi Prime Health Services Fund) Regulations, 2023 as per the schedule below: –

The invitation letters for the meetings shall be hand delivered to the registered stakeholders before the date of the
meeting. The venue of the meeting will be The National Treasury 5th floor AGDs Board room.
NJUGUNA NDUNG’U, CBS
CABINET SECRETARY/NATIONAL TREASURY AND ECONOMIC PLANNING