Unions, CSOs demand halt to privatisation in key public service sectors

Kosgey Kolil, the deputy general secretary of KETAWU, during a press conference in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

Workers’ trade unions drawn from both national and county governments, together with civil society organisations (CSOs), have demanded a halt to ongoing and future privatisation plans in the energy, water and waste management sectors.

Instead, they want the two levels of government, development partners and private sector actors to immediately cease all privatisation efforts and engage with them in “good faith to build people-centred public services that uphold dignity, equity and sustainability.”