{"id":148557,"date":"2025-09-02T22:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-government-to-cover-sha-fees-for-needy-kenyans"},"modified":"2025-09-02T22:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:26:27","slug":"ruto-government-to-cover-sha-fees-for-needy-kenyans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-government-to-cover-sha-fees-for-needy-kenyans","title":{"rendered":"Ruto: Government to Cover SHA Fees for Needy Kenyans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>President William Ruto has announced that the government will settle the Social Health Authority (SHA) registration fees for 1.5 million Kenyans who cannot afford the Sh300 contribution.<\/p>\n<p>Ruto said the payments will begin next week, ensuring that vulnerable households are not left behind in accessing healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have identified 1.5 million Kenyans who cannot afford the SHA registration fee. The government will cover the cost for all of them, and payment mechanisms will begin next week,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking when he hosted grassroots leaders from Turkana County, the President explained that the SHA model requires contributions based on income levels, with high earners paying more than those with little or no income.<\/p>\n<p>He gave his own example, noting that he now contributes Sh40,000 monthly compared to the Sh1,000 he used to pay, to make the system fair and sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>This, as he emphasised the importance of Kenyans registering for SHA highlighting two key benefits which is free outpatient treatment and government support for inpatient care where families are unable to meet costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those who do not have the capacity to pay Sh300, the government will step in. Because we pay more, we now have money. That way, no Kenyan will be forced to sell their land or livestock to pay hospital bills,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The President also lauded counties for establishing facility improvement funds.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that health allocations will now be sent directly to hospitals instead of passing through county governments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA dispensary, for example, will receive money directly so that it can stock its own drugs and manage its operations,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>On medical supplies, Ruto revealed that the government has allocated Sh10 billion to the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) to guarantee adequate medicines across the country.<\/p>\n<p>He added that reforms are underway to ensure drugs are distributed directly to health facilities, bypassing bureaucratic delays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want medicines to move straight from Nairobi to dispensaries, not through Lodwar first,\u201d the President remarked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Kenya<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. President William Ruto has announced that the government will settle the Social Health Authority (SHA) registration fees for 1.5 million Kenyans who cannot afford the Sh300 contribution. Ruto said the payments will begin next week, ensuring that vulnerable households are not left behind in accessing healthcare. \u201cWe have identified 1.5 million Kenyans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":148556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[544],"class_list":["post-148557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ruto: Government to Cover SHA Fees for Needy Kenyans - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President William Ruto has announced that the government will settle the Social Health Authority (SHA) registration fees ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-government-to-cover-sha-fees-for-needy-kenyans\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ruto: Government to Cover SHA Fees for Needy Kenyans\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President William Ruto has announced that the government will settle the Social Health Authority (SHA) registration fees ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-government-to-cover-sha-fees-for-needy-kenyans\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-02T22:01:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-02T22:26:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2025\/09\/sm_1756835557.928232.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-government-to-cover-sha-fees-for-needy-kenyans#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-government-to-cover-sha-fees-for-needy-kenyans\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ruto: Government to Cover SHA Fees for Needy Kenyans\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-02T22:01:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-02T22:26:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-government-to-cover-sha-fees-for-needy-kenyans\"},\"wordCount\":345,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-government-to-cover-sha-fees-for-needy-kenyans#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2025\/09\/sm_1756835557.928232.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-government-to-cover-sha-fees-for-needy-kenyans#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-government-to-cover-sha-fees-for-needy-kenyans\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-government-to-cover-sha-fees-for-needy-kenyans\",\"name\":\"Ruto: Government to Cover SHA Fees for Needy Kenyans - 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