Teachers Cautioned as Omondi Questions SHA Funding and Delivery
There’s an electric feeling in Luanda on a Saturday. And when Suba South MP Caroli Omondi steps up to take the microphone, he lets loose.
Speaking to a “Linda Mwananchi” rally in Vihiga County on April 25 2026, Omondi laid out a pretty blunt warning to teachers across the country : don’t put too much stock in what the government’s Social Health Authority (SHA) is saying.
In straightforward terms : dont expect too much.
“Teachers Are Being Misled,” Omondi Says
Omondi reckons that all the hopes being pinned on SHA – especially among teachers – are just not going to pan out in the real world.
In particular, he says the promises about having consistent access to medicine in hospitals will likely be broken.
“Teachers are being misled to think SHA will make a difference. I’m telling all Kenya’s teachers that SHA just can’t deliver,” Omondi said to a crowd that reacted with a mixture of nods of agreement and clearly uneasy mutterings.
Ksh75 Billion Funding Gap Raises Questions
At the heart of Omondi’s criticism is the fact that not enough money has been set aside.
He says the SHA programme is massively underfunded by Ksh75 billion – and that the tiny fraction of what’s actually needed that has been allocated is a pretty laughable Ksh6 billion – which, he points out, was supposed to be enough to cover a system that’s going to cost a whopping Ksh104 billion. And to add insult to injury, some teachers were told they’d get medication delivered to them at the hospital if they signed up to “SHA” : which, he said pretty bluntly, they won’t.
His comments hint at deeper worries – not just about how much money will be available, but about the numbers that have been plucked out of thin air in the first place.
A System Under Pressure?
Omondi went even further, making scathing accusations against some pretty mysterious sounding people who allegedly bumped up the cost of implementing SHA without actually putting any real resources behind it.
If this is actually what’s going on, then things are starting to look pretty bleak: here’s a system that’s supposed to make healthcare available to the whole country, but can’t even take care of its own finances.
Which is just making people wonder – can SHA actually come through on what it promised to do?
Government Pushes Back on Irregular Charges
And the timing on Omondi’s comments was pretty interesting – because just the day before, the government had come out swinging – this time at healthcare providers.
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale took to his official X account on April 24th of last year, to warn hospitals to stop charging teachers for services that are already covered by SHA.
He made it clear that any hospital that tried to squeeze extra cash out of teachers for these services would be in big trouble.
“Now, the Ministry of Health is putting out a warning to all the health centres that’ve contracted with us,” Duale said. “They’re not allowed to charge teachers for services that are already covered under SHA – that’s a breach of contract. And if they get found out, they’re looking at being shut down for a little while.”
Mixed Signals Leave Teachers in Limbo
So here we are now.
The government is saying SHA is working, and that people need to make sure they don’t abuse the system. Meanwhile, Omondi’s making the case that SHA is fundamentally flawed.
It’s a pretty confusing place to be for teachers – there’s been a lot of promises made, contracts signed, and expectations built up.
But one thing that’s becoming increasingly clear is that confidence in SHA is getting pretty low, pretty fast.
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Teachers Cautioned as Omondi Questions SHA Funding and Delivery
