[File, Standard]An estimated 800 journalists and other workers at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) are reeling in shock after their medical cover was reviewed, locking them out of some key hospitals. The distraught employees said their medical cover expired last November and a new provider recruited. Yesterday, the Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) called for investigations into how the State broadcaster inked a new medical scheme that locks out its junior staff from key hospitals. According to the union, the cost of the cover to the employees is high while the insurer will only shoulder bills incurred at two medical centres. Parliament orders release of sh500 million for healthcare workers medical cover“One of our main concerns is that the medical scheme is one meant for the informal sector yet KBC is in the formal sector.

Source: Standard Digital January 01, 2021 12:56 UTC