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Aug 22, 2024 | businessdailyafrica.com | Bonface Otieno

The Education Ministry wants all school-going children to register their details with the new Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) scheme before schools reopen next week. Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang said learners are required to register as dependents of their parents in the new scheme—which is set to replace the present National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)-- before schools reopen for term three.

Aug 22, 2024 | businessdailyafrica.com | Bonface Otieno

The Ministry of Education wants all learners to register with the new Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) before schools resume next week. Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang said learners must register as dependents of their parents under the new scheme – which will replace the current National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) – before schools resume for the third term next week.

Aug 22, 2024 | nation.africa | Bonface Otieno

The Education Ministry wants all school-going children to register their details with the new Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) scheme before schools re-open next week. Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang said that learners are required to register as dependents of their parents in the new scheme — which is set to replace the present National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) -- before schools re-open for term three next week.

Aug 22, 2024 | businessdailyafrica.com | Bonface Otieno

The State has now set the national average price of sugarcane delivered to millers at Sh5,000 per tonne for August, walking back on an earlier chopped rate of Sh4,950 and hoping to tame disquiet among farmers. The new pay rate is however still lower than the Sh5,125 that farmers earned for a tonne of sugarcane supplied in June and remains the lowest since the start of the year.

Aug 20, 2024 | businessdailyafrica.com | Bonface Otieno

Kenya has extended a freeze on a two percent levy on imports of cereals including maize, rice, and wheat from East African Community (EAC) member states amid a fallout with traders. Agriculture Food Authority (AFA) Director-General Bruno Linyiru said the freeze on the levy will be in place for a month to allow the regulator to address concerns raised by traders who were opposed to the tax. “We have suspended the levy for traders within EAC member states for one month.