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County casuals protest over work contracts

Meru county casual workers blocking the municipal yard gate at Meru town on May 2, 2019 as they protested over being required to sign one year contracts to continue working for the county government. [Olivia Murithi, Standard]

The County’s casual workers yesterday crippled services in Meru town to protest “bad” work contracts.

They said they were not ready to sign one year contracts as directed by the county government because they had been casuals for over five years. They wanted to be absorbed on permanent and pensionable terms.

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