Health workers fed up as strikes, broken promises mar Labour Day

Nicholas Odipo (right) National Chairman Kenya Union of Medical Laboratory Officers (KNUMLO) and officials of The Kenya Environmental Health and Public Health Practitioners Union briefing the media regarding their position in regard to Ministry of Health directive on the Transition of Select Public Health Functions to the Kenya National Public Health Institute (KNHPI). April 28، 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

As Kenya marks Labour Day, health workers have little to celebrate.

Inadequate remuneration remains their biggest challenge, with nurses, clinical officers, nutritionists, laboratory technicians, and public health officers under the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme already on strike.