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Outcry as SHA halts monthly payments, leaves informal workers struggling

Social Health Authority CEO Dr Mercy Mwangangi, on June 3, 2025. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

There is growing uproar among non-salaried Kenyans who say they are unable to remit their annual premiums to the Social Health Authority (SHA), even as the Ministry of Health pushes for mandatory registration to the scheme.

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