Deputy President William Ruto has hit out at politicians calling for health workers to shelve their pay and adequate protection demands. Ruto on Tuesday said that issues of healthcare workers should wait for political processes to end first before being attended to. Meanwhile, Ruto said that the government has directed the Ministry of Health to immediately engage with the leadership of all the healthcare workers in the country to make sure that their grievances are addressed. Ruto said that at this time of the pandemic, healthcare workers come first and their issues, asking all governors to address healthcare workers’ issues over any other considerations. The DP said the PPEs which are currently held at the Kemsa stores and under probe should be released first and distributed to the healthcare workers.

Source: The Star December 08, 2020 12:22 UTC