How workers’ take-home pay will shrink on SHIF deductions

Chairman Social Health Authority (SHA) Abdi Mohammed before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Health at the Bunge Tower Nairobi on Monday, September 30, 2024.

Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group

Thousands of workers will this month breach the legal requirement that demands they take home at least a third of their salary following a deduction of 2.75 percent of gross pay towards the universal health coverage (UHC) programme.

The workers will pay the higher rates to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), which will today replace the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.