How to Pay NHIF Contributions via M-PESA for Companies

The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) exists to offer medical insurance to Kenyans who make monthly contributions. Apart from individual contributions, businesses and companies can submit contributions for employees. This can be done directly through M-PESA using the government paybill number 222222 via the eCitizen Payment Platform. In this article, you will learn How to Pay NHIF Contributions via M-PESA for Companies and Small Business Enterprises.

To make payment for the company’s employees, the company needs to be registered with NHIF and be given an Employer Code and Password to use on the portal. The payment slip number is generated from the NHIF Byproduct Portal. The portal helps generate an NHIF E-slip to be able to pay for several employees at the same time.

To note, however, you need an Excel list of employees and their ID numbers plus the contribution amount. The list should be in the correct format given by NHIF to enable contribution to reflect on the specific person.

How to Pay NHIF Contributions via M-PESA for Companies (Procedure)

With NHIF e-slip number has been generated, follow the prompts below to make payments using M-PESA.

• Go to the M-PESA menu on your phone from the Safaricom Toolkit
• Select the Lipa na M-PESA option that comes next
• Choose the Paybill option
• Enter the Government Paybill Number (eCitizen) 222222
• Enter the Account number as NHIFE-0123456 where 0123456 is the generated e-slip by NHIF
• Key in the amount on the NHIF Eslip
• Enter M-PESA PIN and confirm the details i.e. Paybill Number, Account Number and the Amount
• Confirm and submit the transaction
• You will get a confirmation message from M-PESA to eCitizen

There’s no receipt from NHIF confirming payment. Therefore, you should be extra keen when keying in your payment details so you don’t mistake when it comes to payment.