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Kenyans are staring at another assault on their income as the higher charges for the new state-backed health insurance kick in this month. Kenyans in formal employment will pay 2.75 per cent of their gross salary to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).
This will be a steep increase for many and even steeper for high-income earners who will see their contribution go up by as much as 1,000 per cent when compared to the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) applied a flat rate of Sh1,700 for most.
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