Senior Economic Advisor to President William Ruto, Moses Kuria has discoursed that learners must be registered with Social Health Authority (SHA) in order to be allowed to attend school next year.
SHA is a program in Kenya that manages social health insurance and provides healthcare services to residents.
It has three funds: the Primary Healthcare Fund, the Social Health Insurance Fund and the Emergency.
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SHA was established to replace the National Hospital Insurance Fund.
Moses Kuria urged parents while speaking during a church service in Limuru that as they register for SHA, they should also include their children.
He added that when learners leave home for school, they come under the care of the State, making the government responsible for their medical needs.
Starting January, we are going to set aside all the records of children in schools. And for your child to be accepted back to school, you must have registered them for SHA.
He spoke.
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This came after the Ministry of Education unveiled the 2025 academic year term dates for schools across the country.
The government had announced that schools nationwide will reopen for the first term on January 6, 2025, and close on April 4 after 13 weeks of studies.
Although the Ministry of Education has not issued any statements on the policy, the Ministry insisted that parents must register their children for the scheme in August.
Over 14 million Kenyans have already been registered under the new scheme, including 8 million new registrations.
6 million Kenyans have managed to successfully transition from the defunct National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF).
