Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha has broken silence after the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) ended the secondary schools’ EduAfya insurance scheme.
Speaking on Thursday January 4, Nakhumicha said there was no sense to cover a student who comes from a house hold that does not have an insurance cover.
The Health CS however noted that the students are going to be covered under their households under the Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
“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.
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.”
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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).
