Data from the Social Health Authority (SHA) shows that Kenyans have embraced the new universal healthcare scheme. According to President William Ruto, 23.3 million Kenyans have already registered, with 93,251 registering on Monday June 9, 2025.
The figures also show that 10,884 means-tested members paid their monthly premiums, contributing KSh48.9 million, while 2,946 Kenyans enrolled in the Lipa SHA Pole Pole programme on the same day.
Speaking at State House during a consultative meeting with 600 African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa (AIPCA) leaders, he said the numbers can be attributed to the success stories citizens are telling about SHA. “Kenyans have started to see that SHA is paying bills for people around them,” he said.
The head of state further reteriated the importance of having SHA, noting that it’s now touching the lives of many. He assured citizens that the provision of healthcare will only get better in the next one year, thus fundraisers for medical bills will reduce and there will no longer sell of property to pay medical bills
On the economy, he said that the bold and necessary decisions taken by the government in the past two years to stabilise the economy are now paying off. “The country’s economy is now on sound footing and on the path to economic takeoff” he stated
He cited recent International Monetary Fund statistics showing that Kenya has risen from the 8th to the 6th largest economy in Africa.“This would not have been possible without bold leadership,” he said.
