Retired civil servants given Sh1bn for medical insurance
Nairobi, March 27 -- Parliament has set aside Sh1 billion to pay for post-retirement medical insurance cover for civil servants in the financial year starting July 1.
This follows a push by the State to have medical cover to be included in the self-funded pension scheme for civil servants.
The Treasury and the State department of public service have developed a post-retirement health cover for the 663,000 government workers.
"The committee recommends an additional Sh1 billion to the Public Service Human Resource Management and Development to cater for Post-Retirement Medical Insurance Scheme for civil servants," the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) said in a report on the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) for 2023/24 that was adop...
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