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How move to SHA has divided teachers

Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers [KUPPET] after a recent NEC meeting on November 7, 2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard] 

Primary school head teachers were on Tuesday divided over a deal to move them from Home-Minet Insurance health cover to the state-run Social Health Authority (SHA).

Critics of the deal said that SHA does not have benefits of covering critical illnesses like cancer, like the privately owned Home-Minet Insurance.

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