COTU and nurses reject plans to hire health workers on contract

Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli with National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) acting Chief Executive Officer Nicodemus Odongo and officials of other trade unions during a joint meeting at the Great Rift Valley  Lodge in Naivasha. [photo courtesy]

The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) and the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) have dismissed the proposal by the Council of Governors to employ health workers on a contract basis.

The two associations termed the plan as illegal and constitutional warning Governors that they faced the ‘mother of all battles’ if they implemented the idea.