President William Ruto has assured that the government will proceed with the employment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) workers on permanent and pensionable terms, despite stiff resistance and warnings from county governments.
Speaking in Mombasa on Thursday, September 4, the president said that the government has already released funds to cater for the salaries of the workers, in line with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) scale.
Since the Ministry of Health announced the absorption of the workers, governors have repeatedly claimed that the government does not yet have the capacity to implement this.
However, the president asserted that his administration has sufficient resources to ensure that the workers are absorbed this month. "These workers have suffered so much.
