Police insurance cost up 170pc after lowest bidder rejected, says Ouko

The National Police Service paid almost three times more for life insurance policy for two financial years up to June after the Interior ministry rejected the lowest bid on flimsy grounds, Auditor-General Edward Ouko says in a qualified report.

The two-year contract for provision of the life insurance scheme was awarded to Pioneer Assurance at an annual cost of Sh1.7 billion beginning June 2014.