MPs, Senators sign up for Sh10.6m medical cover

A section of the National Assembly last Thursday. The 418 Members of the 11th Parliament and the Senate have started registering for the Sh10.6 million each annual medical cover. Photo/Stephen Mudiari 

By EDWIN MUTAI

The 418 Members of the 11th Parliament have started registering for the Sh10.6 million each annual medical cover.

The medical cover announced by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) a month ago covers the 349 members of the National Assembly and 67 Senators, their spouses and up to four children who are below twenty five years and dependent on their parents.

Each of the MPs and Senators will be entitled to an inpatient cover of Sh10 million, an outpatient cover of Sh300,000, maternity cover of Sh150, 000, dental cover of Sh75, 000 and optical cover of Sh75, 000.

On Wednesday, MPs and Senators started filling the forms for the cover which will be provided by AON Hewitt (formerly AON Minet) which won the tender to provide the services.

Senior Deputy Clerk Michael Sialai said in an internal memo to MPs dated yesterday that they should produce passport size photographs for each member of the family, copies of birth certificates for children and copies of marriage certificates or sworn affidavits for spouses.