{
  "id": 15737788,
  "title": "Ruto: SHA has reached 33.3 million Kenyans and Ksh107B paid to hospitals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/ruto-sha-has-reached-33-3-million-kenyans-and-ksh107b-paid-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T11:15:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/ruto-sha-has-reached-33-3-million-kenyans-and-ksh107b-paid-to-hospitals"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President William Ruto has said 33.3 million Kenyans have registered under the Social Health Authority (SHA), up from seven million in 2022, as he defended his administration’s reforms aimed at expanding access to affordable healthcare. Speaking during Mashujaa Day celebrations on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, Ruto said the new health financing system was designed to […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}