Clinicians countrywide to down tools in three weeks

The national chairperson Kenya Union for Clinical Officers (KUCO) Peterson Wachira addresses the press in Naivasha over failure by the government to include them in the rollout of SHIF. [ Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The health sector in the country is headed for the dogs after the Kenya Union for Clinical Officers (KUCO) issued a three-week notice over the failure by the government to include them in the rollout of the troubled Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).

The union has said that from December 23, over 30,000 of its members will down their tools over continued discrimination by the Social Health Authority (SHA).