Mutua: We’ll pay our medics motivational stipend despite SRC protest

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has dismissed directive by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) against his administration’s plan to offer health working a motivational allowance to bolster the war against Coronavirus disease.

Speaking during a press briefing at his Athi River office, Mavoko, Mutua defended his decision to pay medics working in Machakos county a motivational allowance ranging from Sh5,000 to Sh20,000, saying it was informed the severity of the dangers posed on them as the front liners in the unprecedented fight against Coronavirus.