Official opening of the training workshop for human resource directors from ministries, departments and disciplined forces

Nairobi, October 8, 2024— In a historic step toward Social Health Authority(SHA), the Kenyan government today officially launched training workshop for the resource directors from ministries departments and disciplined forces (SHA), a revolutionary healthcare system aimed at ensuring that every Kenyan can access affordable and quality healthcare services. The landmark event was held at the Kenya School of Government and was graced by Principal Secretary for Medical Services, Harry Kimtai, along with several key stakeholders and health advocates.

The SHA is designed to transform Kenya’s healthcare landscape by providing a sustainable model for affordable health insurance. With this initiative, all Kenyans, regardless of their socio-economic background, can now enroll in the health program to secure their medical needs.

PS Harry Kimtai, speaking at the launch, emphasized the government's commitment to the transiting from NHIF to SHA “This is a major milestone for our country. Today, we ensure that healthcare is not a luxury but a right for every Kenyan. Through SHA, we are moving closer to achieving the goal of good health, where every household has access to quality health services without financial strain.”

The SHA will streamline the health insurance process, making it easier for citizens to register, access medical services, and make claims at both public and private healthcare facilities. This rollout marks the culmination of years of planning, policy-making, and stakeholder collaboration to build an equitable healthcare system.

The government is encouraging all citizens to register for SHA and take advantage of its wide range of benefits. The SHA promises to be a game-changer in reducing out-of-pocket expenses for healthcare and achieving the country’s broader goals under the UHC initiative.

With #SHA, Kenya is securing a healthier future for all its people.

Comments

MSEA Launches Transformative Training for Micro-Enterprises Under Government of Kenya and World Bank-Backed KJET Project.

Barny Kanja, a facilitator from Momentrum Consulting Africa Ltd In a classroom buzzing with the quiet focus of entrepreneurs accustomed to working with their hands, a new kind of tool was being handed out: knowledge. This week, the Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA) continued with classroom training of a transformative national project, offering a lifeline of practical skills to small business owners across Kenya. The training started on 10th November 2025, with pilot projects bringing hope in different parts of the country. The session marks the first concrete step of the ambitious Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation (KJET) Project , a five-year partnership (2024-2029) between the Government of Kenya and the World Bank. But for the men and women in the room, owners of small workshops, dairy cooperatives, textile producers, and fisheries, the project is more than policy. It’s a promise: to increase investment in their businesses, help them rea...

Green Gold Rush: UK-Funded Forum Links African Innovators with Investors to Build a Cleaner Future.

Nairobi, Kenya, By George Mutua. The air in Nairobi was thick with more than just the usual buzz of a city on the move today. Inside a conference hall, it crackled with the electricity of ambition and the smell of a greener future. More than 150 of Africa’s brightest green manufacturing entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders gathered for the Pan-African Green Business Building (GBB) Forum , a high-stakes meeting designed to turn climate-positive ideas into booming, job-creating businesses. Funded by the UK government through its flagship Manufacturing Africa programme, the one-day event was a vibrant marketplace of innovation. Its mission was simple but audacious: to connect the capital with the continent's most promising green startups, unlocking what research suggests could be a $2-4 billion a year market by 2030, and creating over 200,000 jobs in the process. Nairobi was the natural home for this gathering. Fresh off its crown as the continent's top destination f...

KPC Foundation and eKitabu Forge a New Blueprint to Rescue Kenya’s Isolated Creatives.

Rachel Gathoni, the Kenya Pipeline Company Managing Trustee and Foundation Manager Ngecha, Kiambu, Kenya, by George Mutua . In the shadow of a bustling Nairobi that often races past its art, a quiet but determined revolution is taking root. At the Mlango Farm artistic community in Ngecha, a serene landscape of sustainable agriculture and deep creative history, the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) Foundation has launched the Sanaa initiative. This is not merely another corporate social responsibility event. Instead, it is a deliberate, structured attempt to diagnose and treat the chronic isolation and market fragmentation that have long plagued Kenya's writers, visual artists, and musicians. For one day, over fifty creatives, ranging from Gen Z digital poets to veteran painters who have been wielding brushes for forty years, sat elbow-to-elbow with corporate leaders. Their mission was brutally simple yet historically elusive: to stop creating alone and start ...

Ke Times

Search This Blog