Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has promised a review of the means-testing tool of the Social Health Authority (SHA) days after Members of Parliament complained the system is not working.
SHA uses means testing to assess households' financial capacity, especially those without salaries, to set health insurance contributions.
The process considers housing, access to services, household composition, and other socio-economic factors.
While speaking during the Launch of the Strategic Plan 2024-2027 in Embu County on Saturday, February 1, Kindiki revealed that the review of the system is to allow for the onboarding of Kenyans who are at the bottom of the pyramid-like mama mbogas and boda boda riders. "I want to commit on behalf of the government that we will make sure we relook at and adjust the means testing tool for Taifa Care...
