{"id":106251,"date":"2024-12-26T08:03:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T08:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/12\/26\/speaker-wetangula-urges-mps-to-support-sha-registration-at-grassroots\/"},"modified":"2024-12-26T08:03:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T08:03:49","slug":"speaker-wetangula-urges-mps-to-support-sha-registration-at-grassroots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/speaker-wetangula-urges-mps-to-support-sha-registration-at-grassroots\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Wetang\u2019ula urges MPs to support SHA registration at grassroots"},"content":{"rendered":"

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang\u2019ula has urged Members of Parliament to take a leading role in drumming up support for the Social Health Authority (SHA).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Speaker said politicians have the capacity to mobilise wananchi to register for the new health scheme because they meet them in many public forums at the grassroots.<\/p>\n

Wetang\u2019ula also called on Governors to use county resources to step up SHA registration to enable the majority of Kenyans benefit from the new medical insurance.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn example is the Murang\u2019a Governor who has used county resources to register members of households with SHA and I urge all governors to follow suit because health care is devolved,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

While giving examples of individuals who have benefitted from the new scheme, Wetang\u2019ula urged the public to shun critics who, he said, were discouraging them from registering with the scheme.<\/p>\n

He took issue with some MPs who have launched a spirited campaign against the scheme, terming it unethical to oppose the scheme, a product of legislation they passed in Parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is embarrassing to see some MPs using forums such as funerals to campaign against the new medical scheme. This is the law you enacted and you should not oppose it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Said Wetang\u2019ula: \u201cMurang\u00e1, Nyeri, Kirinyaga and Embu are among the counties leading in the number of people registered under the new scheme. We should emulate them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The message was echoed by Cabinet Secretary for Health, Dr. Deborah Barasa who maintained that the government remains committed to achieving Universal Health Coverage for all Kenyans.<\/p>\n\n

She encouraged leaders to actively engage with their communities during this festive season to promote SHA registration, reaffirming the government\u2019s commitment to providing quality healthcare for all Kenyans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIncreased SHA registration directly strengthens our health facilities, ensuring they can offer better services to the public,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The national government, through the Ministry of Health, has revealed plans to collaborate with devolved units to enhance Social Health Authority (SHA) mass registration.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0 30-day registration drive is set to be launched in mid-January 2025 to ensure more Kenyans, if not all, are registered,\u00a0 the CS said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the intention of the government to ensure that all Kenyans benefit from this programme. That explains why there is need for each and every Kenyan to register. We don\u2019t want to leave anyone out,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n

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National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang\u2019ula has urged Members of Parliament to take a leading role in drumming up support for the Social Health Authority (SHA). The Speaker said politicians have the capacity to mobilise wananchi to register for the new health scheme because they meet them in many public forums at the grassroots. Wetang\u2019ula also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}