Nairobi, Feb. 25 -- Families of police officers did not receive claims for the death of their loved ones for the entire 2025 after the National Police Service (NPS) failed to remit premiums, exposing them to financial distress.

A report tabled in the National Assembly by one of the watchdog committees has revealed that the NPS did not remit Sh2 billion in premiums for a group life insurance policy to Britam, the private insurer contracted to offer the comprehensive cover.

As a result, in the whole of 2025, no claims were paid by Britam, said Bernice Lemedeket, the Secretary for Administration and the accounting officer for the NPS.

Ms Lemedeket said the Treasury only allocated NPS Sh2,295,594,440 for the financial year ending June 2023...