Enrolling Kenyans From NHIF To SHIF Without Consent Is Legal – MoH
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On Fri, Oct 4, 2024, 6:30 AM Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> The Ministry of Health holds that the ongoing enrolment of Kenyans into
> the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) without their consent is legal.
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> As SHIF’s rolling out kicked off on Tuesday, October 1, members of the
> National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) – the public health insurance
> scheme SHIF replaced – have been getting SMS messages that they have been
> automatically registered for the controversial new plan.
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> In a statement on Thursday, Health Principal Secretary Harry Kimtai said:
> “The Ministry has received inquiries regarding the transition of existing
> NHIF members to SHA. We wish to clarify that the laws as per legal notice
> 147 of 2024 provided for the transition of all registered and verifiable
> NHIF members into SHA.”
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> www.citizen.digital/news/moh-insists-enrolling-kenyans-from-nhif-to-shif-without-consent-is-legal-n350685
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> Best Regards
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva
> www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva
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