Health workers threaten to strike over salary delays, medical cover

Kenya National Union of Nurses Secretary General Seth Panyako, addresses the media, flanked by KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atellah (left) and other officials, on September 5, 2024 at Ngong Hills Hotel in Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard].

The Health sector is facing another crisis if medics make good their threat to down their tools if their demands to county governments are not met in the next two weeks.

The demands include payment of salaries, lack of medical cover, and non-remittance of deductions, which, they say, are the critical challenges.