L–R: George Gibore, KUCO General Secretary and CEO; Dr Dennis Miskellah, KMPDU deputy secretary general; Dr Devji Atellah, KMPDU secretary general and CEO; and Peter Wachira, KUCO chairman. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]
After eight years of protracted negotiations, repeated nationwide strikes and prolonged disruptions of public health services, the Council of Governors (CoG) and the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) have finally signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), bringing to an end one of the longest-running labour disputes in Kenya’s devolved health sector.