Kenya: Govt to Enroll Police and Prisons Officers into SHA from April

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has announced that starting April this year, all disciplined officers from the National Police Service (NPS) and the Kenya Prisons Service will be mandatorily enrolled in the Social Health Authority (SHA) insurance scheme.

The move follows a directive by President William Ruto as part of the government’s push to advance Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

Speaking on Saturday, in Garissa County, the CS said, “Beginning April 1, our security personnel,…