Why government ended Uhuru EduAfya Medical Cover for secondary school students; CS Nakhumicha
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CS Nakhumicha why NHIF Ended EduAfya medical cover for secondary school students, initiated under Uhuru administration
CS Nakhumicha why NHIF Ended EduAfya medical cover for secondary school students, initiated under Uhuru administration.
Following the National Health Insurance Fund’s (NHIF) termination of the secondary schools’ EduAfya insurance program, Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha has broken silence over the same.
Speaking on Thursday, January 4, Nakhumicha stated that it made no sense to provide insurance coverage for a student who came from a household without insurance.
The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) would, however, cover the students through their households, according to the Health CS.
“For those who have had questions on EduAfya I want to assure you that all students are going to be covered under their households because it does not make sense to cover a student who comes from a household and the rest of the household is not covered,” said Nakhumicha.
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She added, “Previously we have spend about Sh4.6 billion on EduAfya but now we are going to ensure we put the money into a basket to cover the whole household where the student comes from.”
The EduAfya initiative which was launched by former President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2019 was ended by NHIF on December 31, 2023.
The scheme had been allocated a total of Sh9.5 billion in the four years it has been in place.
It provided public secondary school students with comprehensive medical coverage, especially those registered with the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS).
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