Millions of Kenyans have been moved from National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) to Social Health Authority.
The whole process was initiated by the government.
The reason for the movement was modernize healthcare services in line with the country’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agenda.
The main aim was to centralize health coverage for citizens and provide a better approach to health care services.
Many Kenyans received a message that notified them that their NHIF account had been migrated successfully to Social Health Authority.
Some Kenyans felt unease raising questions about consent and data transparency.
They claimed that the whole process was happening without full consent of an individuals.
The consent was being raised on social media and various other platforms.
It was pointed out that NHIF had struggled with issues of members who went silent in the past.
The automatic transfer of data to the SHA was to clean the registry and validate membership data.
2.5 million Kenyans had registered with SHA in September.
The number of the registrations rose to 12 million while 9.9 million migrated from NHIF.
As the movement continues, Kenyans are expected to pay 2.75% of their income to SHA.