Teachers uproar over medical scheme, shift to SHA

Education PS Julius Bitok announced that the Ministry was reviewing the teachers’ medical insurance scheme to provide a more accessible and responsive health cover. [File, Standard]

Teachers across the country have threatened industrial action following government plans to abolish their current medical insurance cover in favour of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) scheme.

Through their union, the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet), educators have voiced strong opposition to a proposal that would see them transitioned from the Minet insurance scheme to the Social Health Authority (SHA).