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259 Siaya health workers petition assembly over mass dismissal

Siaya County Assembly Speaker George Okode. [Olivia Odhiambo, Standard]

Two hundred fifty-nine health workers have petitioned the Siaya county assembly over what they term as unfair dismissal and non-payment of salaries, demanding reinstatement or a lawful justification for their removal.

In a Tuesday sitting, Speaker George Okode directed the assembly’s general oversight committee to investigate how the petitioners were recruited, deployed, verified and later dismissed.

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