The CS was responding to a letter by Maj Gen Badi dated September 3, 2020 in which the NMS boss requested the National Treasury to release funds to pay salaries of the 6,852 county staff. This is after health workers under the NMS took to the streets protesting over, among other things, the delayed salaries. Their woes have further been compounded by the dispute between NMS and City Hall over employees’ payroll. NMS wants City Hall to handover the staff payroll to enable it pay staff seconded to it. City Hall, on the other hand, maintains that it is the sole custodian of the staff payroll, since the role of payment of salaries still lies with the Nairobi County Government.

Source: Daily Nation October 22, 2020 14:15 UTC