public servants medical scheme Stories

TSC confirms shift to SHA cover for teachers from December 1
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 01, 2025

Teachers will start using the new Social Health Authority cover from December 1, 2025, with TSC and SHA assuring uninterrupted treatment and wider acc...

SHA medical scheme for teachers launches midnight amid system errors, legal challenge
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 30, 2025

The new SHA medical scheme for teachers begins at midnight despite concerns over registration issues and legal challenges. Teachers express frustratio...

TSC sued over teachers’ migration from MINET insurance to SHA
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 26, 2025

Two petitioners argue that the shift could compromise the welfare of over 400,000 teachers, exposing them to risks such as lapses in cover, denial of...

Teachers’ medical benefits expanded as SHA cover replaces Minet from December
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 10, 2025

Transition to SHA guarantees uninterrupted medical services and expanded benefits for over 400,000 teachers nationwide.”

Teachers’ Unions demand clarity as TSC plans to move 400,000 educators to state health scheme
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 09, 2025

The looming transition has sparked anxiety within the teaching fraternity, with unions demanding a full breakdown of how the new scheme will operate.

Teachers’ unions reject plan to migrate them from Minet to SHA, demand proper consultation
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 21, 2025

The unions warned that the scheme remains vague, lacks transparency and could jeopardise access to essential health services.

KUPPET threatens strike over government plan to scrap Minet teachers' medical scheme
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 08, 2025

Kuppet insists the existing Minet Teachers Medical Scheme, managed by MKL Minet under contract with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), is guarante...

EduAfya audit uncovers 'ghost students', Sh2.3 billion overpayment
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 17, 2025

EduAfya programme was launched in 2018 under the National Education Sector Strategic Plan, with the aim of increasing access and equity in secondary e...

Fraud and system abuse led to end of EduAfya medical scheme - Health CS Duale
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 14, 2025

Duale claimed some unnamed hospitals exploited loopholes in the programme, leading to the misappropriation of government funds.

State sets February 28 deadline for learners' SHA registration
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 01, 2025

Parents and guardians of school-going children are required to register them on the Social Health Authority through URL afyangu.go.ke or by dialling (...

Hope for learners as government announces plans to revive EduAfya medical scheme
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 16, 2025

Parents and education stakeholders are hopeful that reviving EduAfya will bridge the healthcare gap for students, ensuring they can access medical ser...

SHIF dilemma for parents grappling with limited benefits, high costs as children return to school
Charity Kilei  |  Jan 05, 2025

Under SHIF, primary healthcare services — including consultations, diagnostics, and treatments—are restricted.

Removal of city workers not in medical scheme from payroll irks union
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 28, 2024

The union urged the county government to prioritise proper staff supervision and avoid using medical scheme biometric registration as a guise for a he...

Reject Finance Bill or face recall, Isiolo MPs told ahead of final vote
Waweru Wairimu  |  Jun 24, 2024

During last week's second reading of the bill, Woman Representative Mumina Bonaya voted 'yes', Isiolo North MP Joseph Samal skipped, while Isiolo Sout...

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