Teachers, SHA Sign Key Deal to Avert Looming Strike

Teachers had threatened to stall term two school activities over the contentious clauses in the Mwalimu Cover that was transitioned to the Public Officers Medical Scheme Fund (POMSF)...

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An agreement has been reached between the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the Social Health Authority (SHA), and the Ministry of Health, averting a nationwide teachers' strike and resolving medical scheme challenges.

The Last Expense Benefit has been raised to Ksh300,000, with 160 pending claims already processed.
Key parties include KNUT, the SHA, and the Ministry of Health, with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) also involved.
SHA has agreed to immediately withdraw "tariff locking" and will no longer charge teachers out-of-pocket fees at contracted facilities during the interim period.

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