Counties right in offering health workers better pay in corona war

Kenya’s health workers have been crying out to the government to ensure their safety as they tackle Covid-19. Yesterday, the number of confirmed cases hit 191, and as the numbers continue to rise, Kenya will depend heavily on health workers to counter the next phase of the pandemic.

Towards this end, some county governments have taken it upon themselves to look into the welfare of their health workers. An example is Machakos County which has from this month given health workers special allowances to cushion them against effects of the global health and economic crisis. It is therefore shocking that this good gesture has been condemned by the Salaries and Remunerations Commission (SRC).