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Members of Parliament have called for the suspension of registrations of Kenyans into the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) until the Ministry of Health discloses the company it has contracted to conduct the exercise to safeguard the data.
Members of the National Assembly Health Committee during a meeting involving the Social Health Authority (SHA) Board and the outgoing National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Board expressed concerns that while registration of Kenyans started last month, the process is shrouded in secrecy and in violation of the Data Protection Act.
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