Appeal a disability medical assessment (ask for a re-assessment)
Ministry of Health · sources read 3 Oct 2026
If you disagree with your disability medical assessment, ask the Ministry of Health for a re-assessment with a completed Disability Medical Assessment form (and a specialist's report if needed). It's free and takes up to 30 days.
- Fee
- FreeAppeal (re-assessment)
- How long
- Up to 30 days
- Where
- Ministry of Health, Directorate of Curative and Nursing Services, Afya House, Cathedral Road, Nairobi (P.O. Box 30016-00100)
What you need
- A completed Disability Medical Assessment form
- A consultant or specialist medical report, where needed
Steps
- Get the right Disability Medical Assessment form for your type of disability from the Ministry of Health website (forms REFMOH-276A to 276G).
- Have the form completed, and get a consultant or specialist report if your case needs one.
- Send your request for a re-assessment to the Ministry of Health's Directorate of Curative and Nursing Services with the form and any report.
- Wait for the outcome. The Ministry aims to finish within 30 days.
Watch out
- There's a separate form for each type of disability (physical, visual, hearing, speech, mental or intellectual, maxillofacial, progressive chronic). Use the one that matches yours.
- If the Ministry goes past 30 days or the service falls short, report it to the Principal Secretary for Medical Services (ps.medical@health.go.ke) or the Ombudsman (complain@ombudsman.go.ke).
Who can apply
- A person who has had a disability medical assessment and wants it looked at again.
Official sources (3)
- Citizen's Service Delivery Charter health.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- Disability Medical Assessment Guidelines Forms health.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- Contact Us health.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026