Govt Resorts to Door-to-Door Registration After SHA Numbers Drop
The government has decided to change tact in a bid to shore up the number of Kenyans registered for the Social Health Authority (SHA) after an underwhelming turnover in recent days.
Despite an initial surge of 12 million registered Kenyans who secured access to health services provided under the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) in October, the number of new registrations has dipped, prompting the government to resort to fresh tactics to ensure all 55 million Kenyans are registered under the new program.
In their latest registration drive, the government has turned to door-to-door registration to coerce more Kenyans to register for the new medical scheme while also highlighting the benefits.
By Wednesday, 14 million Kenyans were registered under the new scheme, including 8 million new registrations. 6 million Kenyans managed to successfully transition from the defunct National Hospital Insurance Fund.
