At least 30,000 health workers including morticians have issued a notice to go on strike on May 18. The workers, all from public health facilities, issued the 14-day strike notice in Nairobi yesterday.They include nurses, clinicial officers, laboratory staff and nutritionists. They belong to the Kenya National Union of Nurses, Kenya Union of Clinical Officers and the Kenya National Union of Laboratory Officers, Kenya National Union of Pharmaceutical Technologists, the Kenya Union of Nutritionists and Dietitians and the Kenya Health Professionals Society. The health workers have been calling for harmonisation of these allowances in vain," Gibore said. The unionists said health workers had stagnated in the entry job group for over eight years both in the Ministry of Health and counties despite agreements for promotions.

Source: The Star May 05, 2020 02:03 UTC