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Negotiate to avert strike over contentions on NHIF rates

The country could be headed for a prolonged period of industrial unrest if the Trade Union Congress of Kenya (TUC-K) makes good its threat and leads its members on a nationwide strike starting July 1.

The union, representing civil servants, has already issued a seven-day strike notice as required by law and demanded that the Government revokes a legal notice legitimising the deduction of the new but controversial National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) rates.

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