Kenyans could, beginning today, grapple with disruption or even shutdown of the public service system after trade unions instructed Government workers to boycott work until the new but controversial rates set by National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) are suspended.
The Trade Union Congress of Kenya (TUC-Ke), an umbrella body for unions representing teachers, civil servants, lecturers and other workers, yesterday termed the new deductions as "robbery" and asked all members of its affiliate unions to come out and stop the "raid".