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Taxes will not fund medical scheme, doctors' unions clarify

Public Civil Servants Unions led by Union of Civil Servants Secretary General Tom Odege during a media briefing on the Comprehensive public servant medical cover under SHA. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]

Medical practitioner's unions have clarified that the public servants' comprehensive medical insurance scheme will be funded exclusively through allowances forfeited by the workers themselves.

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