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County Health Executive Godfrey Nato and County Secretary Joab Tumbo, who addressed journalists at governor Hassan Joho’s boardroom, said they finally agreed on all the issues that sparked the strike.
“We have sorted all the contentious issues and normal health services will resume from tomorrow,” said Dr Nato yesterday.
Tumbo described yesterday’s deal as a breakthrough, adding that the county administration has already issued letters of promotion to the health workers.
He admitted the strike was a blow to the fight against Covid-19 pandemic but noted that “this is now water under the bridge.”
Knun branch secretary Peter Maroko, whose union represents about 800 members, said the county government had agreed to release January salaries for his members in addition to addressing all the contentious issues.
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Medical laboratory workers are the latest frontline workers in healthcare to go on strike after the government failed to meet their demands.
The clinical officers’ 48-hour ultimatum to the Council of Governor (CoG) lapses today, and they have therefore resumed their strike, which they had called off five days ago.
Chrisphine Momanyi, secretary general of the Kenya National Union of Medical Laboratory Officers (KNUMLO), said yesterday are treated as second-rate medical care workers.
“No hospital can give accurate diagnosis without the services of the laboratory officers who have been neglected by their employer, the health ministry. For the neglect we have seen, we have decided we will stay at home and bond with our family rather than risk death in in the line of duty,” he said during the union’s demonstration at Uhuru Park yesterday.
On January 5, Kuco gave CoG 48 hours to consent to the return-to-work formula signed by the union and the Ministry of Health on January 1.
The union also wrote to the CoG on January 6 requesting for an urgent meeting with Oparanya with a view to resolve the impasse, but they are yet to get a response.
“This is a clear demonstration on the lack of goodwill and commitment from the devolved governments through their council to resolve this stalemate so as to restore normalcy and sanity in the health service provision more so during the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Gibore.
Among the issues the governors are contesting include the doctors’ risk allowance, which Kuco said require a minimum increment of between 500 per cent and 650 per cent for low cadres.