Over 650,000 Kenyans will now be able to pay for the Social Health Authority (SHA) premiums using credit facilities after a deal was struck between SHA officials and the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA).
The initiative targets more than 650,000 small-scale tea farmers across KTDA-managed factories, offering them an affordable pathway to health coverage under SHA, where they use loan options or financing agreements to borrow money to pay for their health premiums.
According to KTDA and SHA, the initiative is aimed at supporting the government's Universal Health Coverage agenda while bringing affordable healthcare within close range for the farmers.
SHA officials, led by SHA Chairman Abdi Mohammed and CEO Dr Mercy Mwangangi, met with KTDA Group CEO Wilson Muthaura at the agency's headquarters in Nairobi on Thursday to finalise the rollout strategy.
