Kenya Police Service has officially commissioned a consortium of insurers to provide Kshs 8.67 billion comprehensive medical healthcare coverage to principal members and their eligible dependents.
The consortium of medical providers include CIC, Old Mutual and Britam.
The appointment of the consortium of insurers is after the NHIF coverage for police officers came to an end.
The NHIF (Amendment) Act 2022 was created because the 2021 NHIF Bill established the legislative foundation for Kenya to achieve UHC, becoming law in 2022.
The Kenyan UHC program began in 2018 as a pilot program in four of Kenya’s 47 sub-national governments (Ministry of Health of Kenya 2018).
The new medical plan will cover all employees of the National Police Service and Kenya Prisons Services, including persons joining the National Police Service and the Kenya Prisons Service as uniform officers or as civilian staff during the contracted period.
In the medical cover, police and prison officers will among other benefits have access to dental health that includes cleaning, filling, extraction operating cost, and a root canal.
Optical care will cover consultation, lenses, frames, prescriptions for ophthalmic treatment, and eye lenses.
Additionally, there is an Ex-gratia Cover of Kshs 200 million for Groups M-T for non-uniform, PG 8-13 for National Police Service, PG 9-14 for Kenya Prisons Service for those in the limited financial category who may exhaust their inpatient and outpatient limits, and who may seek medical services outside the country.
Ex-gratia is subject to approval by the Implementation Committee before any payment is made on any Ex-gratia claim.
Police officers will be required to register using USSD code; -*202*05# and key in their NPS/KPS PF Number and National ID Number when prompted.
The details will be verified against our database. If successful, they will be prompted to enter their name (surname and other names), role, and gender.
Once done, a message confirming successful registration onto the scheme and a prompt to register dependents.