Knut, SHA move to fix medical cover woes facing 500,000 teachers

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and the Social Health Authority (SHA) management are seeking to resolve persistent challenges in the implementation of the comprehensive medical cover for more than 500,000 public school teachers.

The transition from the private AON-Minet scheme to the government-sponsored SHA cover on December 1, 2025, has been marred by complaints, including teachers and their dependents being turned away from private hospitals or being forced to pay out of pocket for services they expected the scheme to cover.