Union wants state to employ graduates as public health officers

KEHPHPU Secretary General Brown Ashira (right) leads members in demanding the employment of degree holders as PHOs. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Kenya Environmental Health and Public Health Practitioners Union (KEHPHPU) has petitioned the government to employ degree holders as public health officers (PHOs).

The union, through its Secretary General, Brown Ashira, claimed that diploma holders were being prioritised over graduates.