The Acting CEO of the Teachers Service Commission, Eveleen Mitei, appeared before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Education and Julius Kipbiwott Melly at the Bunge Tower in Nairobi on Thursday, February 19, 2026, to consider the 2026 Budget Policy Statements.
A budget deficit of Sh10 billion is threatening to put in jeopardy the for SHA to provide over 400,000 teachers and their dependants with a medical insurance cover.
TSC boss Eveleen Mitei told MPs it has been allocated Sh16.5 billion in the 2026/27 Budget Policy Statement against a requirement of Sh26.5 billion.
Lawmakers accused the commission of gambling with the health of teachers.
A budget deficit of Sh10 billion for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is threatening to put in jeopardy the deal between the teachers’ employer and the Social Health Authority (SHA) to provide over 400,000 teachers and their dependants with a medical insurance cover.
The commissions’ Chief Executive Officer Eveleen Mitei told the National Assembly committee on Education yesterday that it has been allocated Sh16.5 billion in the 2026/27 Budget Policy Statement for the provision of the medical insurance cover for teachers against a requirement of Sh26.5 billion.
