🛡️ bima-mcp — Kenya Insurance Intelligence MCP Server

Compatible with claude-sonnet-5 (released 2026-06-30) — Anthropic's most agentic Sonnet yet. Runs multi-step tool chains end-to-end without stopping short. Install: pip install bima-mcp · Use with any MCP client.

Insurance products exist — NHIF, parametric crop cover, microinsurance — but comparing them or checking eligibility requires navigating separate portals with no shared interface.

Exposes Kenya insurance data, NHIF coverage analysis, parametric crop risk scoring, and microinsurance comparison through the Model Context Protocol.

Why Insurance Infrastructure Matters

In mature economies, insurance is invisible infrastructure — it enables risk-taking by capping downside. A farmer plants a new crop because crop insurance limits loss. A parent starts a business because health insurance protects the family. Without this floor, the rational choice is perpetual caution.

Kenya's insurance penetration: 2.3% of GDP vs 8–11% in developed markets. The gap is not cultural — it is the cost of distribution, claims verification, and actuarial data. All three can be compressed by technology.

Related MCP server: mazingira-mcp

Tools

Quick Start

pip install bima-mcp       # coming soon to PyPI
bima-mcp                   # starts the MCP server on stdio

Claude Desktop Integration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bima-mcp": {
      "command": "bima-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Use Cases

• Farmers: "What crop insurance do I need for my 2-acre maize farm in Nakuru?"

• Informal workers: "What NHIF tier 4 inpatient coverage do I get for KES 500/month?"

• Chama treasurers: "How do I set up pooled hospitalization cover for 25 members?"

• Researchers: "Compare parametric crop insurance risk across Kenya counties"

Research Basis

• ACRE Africa Parametric Crop Insurance Methodology (2023)

• Kenya IRA Annual Report 2024

• World Bank Insurance Primer for Low-Income Markets (2023)

• NDMA County Drought Monitoring Reports

⚠️ Disclaimers

DEMO data — not real insurance products or binding quotes. Not affiliated with NHIF, IRA, or any insurance provider. Always consult a licensed IRA-registered insurance agent for actual products. Kenya IRA: ira.go.ke

© 2026 Gabriel Mahia / AI Kung Fu LLC · MIT License

Part of the East Africa Coordination Stack

This MCP server is one of 32 tools in the Kenya coordination infrastructure. It connects to africa-coord-bus — the coordination event bus that routes signals between domains automatically.

When this server detects a threshold condition, the bus notifies:

• bima-mcp — parametric insurance evaluation

• kilimo-mcp — agricultural advisory

• afya-mcp — health surveillance activation

• county-mcp — county office alert

pip install africa-coord-bus

All servers: pypi.org/user/gmahia