TSC on the spot over the award of Sh35billion medical insurance tender
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah is now accusing the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) of attempting to influence the award of a Sh30 billion medical insurance tender.
Omtatah wants the TSC to cancel the tender that was awarded to AON Minet, which has been providing the services since 2019.
The legislator says TSC has placed impossible conditions on the advertised tender ostensibly to skew it towards Minet Insurance.
“I demand the immediate cancellation of this rigged tender and that the procurement of a comprehensive teachers’ medical insurance cover must be done in accordance with the provisions of Article 227(1) of the Constitution and Kenya’s procurement laws,” said Omtatah.
The expiring Sh35.22 billion teachers’ medical scheme is currently run by AON Minet, offering comprehensive medical insurance cover for 341,837 public school teachers.
The three-year tender from 2022-2025 is expected to rise to approximately Sh50 billion from the current Sh35.2 billion following planned hiring of 116,000 teachers for the next two years.
One of the mandatory requirements for the tender states that the lead consortium for the tender must provide tender security of Sh300 million which is higher than the statutory capital required at Sh250 million.
