This archive report was first published on 9 January 2020.
Medical insurance cover for Nairobi MCAs and staff has been restored after the Executive finally paid the outstanding premiums of Sh57.46 million.
The payment was made after the county assembly's failure to supply details of the cover caused a delay in the payment process.
According to Nairobi Finance Executive, Ms Pauline Kahiga, the payments had been made and the delay was due to the assembly's failure to supply the required information.
Ms Kahiga explained that the information was only keyed on December 30, 2019, and an alert was then sent to her office, so she processed the payments on January 4, 2020.
Speaker Beatrice Elachi confirmed that the payment and attributed the delay to the assembly's failure to load the required information in the system to facilitate the payment.
"I have no reason to deny the assembly the health cover. The delay was as a result of the assembly's failure to load the required information in the system to facilitate the payment," Ms Elachi said.
Reached for comment, Clerk Jacob Ngwele said he processed both payments before MCAs kicked him out of office in October 2019.
First Assurance pulled out of the deal in December 2019, insisting that the outstanding premium had to be fully settled for any continuation of service.
On December 11, 2019, the firm wrote a demand notice to the Office of the Clerk of the County Assembly, asking the assembly to facilitate the payment before December 18 for the deal to remain.
