Taita Taveta County to hire 116 health workers

Taita Taveta County Governor John Mruttu (PHOTO:BONIFACE OKENDO)

The county executive committee has approved a plan to recruit 116 health professionals to address an acute shortage of staff.

The Health department was allocated more than Sh79 million to hire the new workers in the current financial year and improve service delivery.

"The executive has today approved the recruitment of 116 workers. This is to improve service delivery in our health facilities. The budget allocated to hire the new staff is more than Sh79 million," said a statement from the Director of Public Commutations Samuel Mutie, Thursday.