Frontline health workers can only get the medical emergency allowance after negotiating a fresh collective bargaining agreement, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission has said. Community health officers, health promotion officers, radiographers, public health officers, occupation therapists, nutrition and dietetics officers and medical social workers received Sh10,000 per month. The clarification came hot on the heels of industrial action by health workers who are asking for enhanced allowances, among other demands. On July 12, Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi announced that health workers' would be able to access their allowances after the ministry received the disbursement from the National Treasury. "There are discussions underway to look at the fiscal space to determine how we will be able to expand this support to our health workers," she said.

Source: The Star December 10, 2020 19:07 UTC