Health workers protest 16 months without pay, urge government action

Medical proffessions dancing when the Universal Health workers were protesting outside the Parlaiment Building , demanding better remuneration terms on May 27, 2024. [File, Standard]

A group of Kenyan clinical and laboratory health workers who have been serving the country for more than 15 years under the Global Fund TB Programme gathered called on the government to absorb them into permanent and pensionable positions.

They gathered outside the Ministry of Health on Tuesday and urged the government to fulfil the long-standing promise.