Nurses employed under the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme are appealing to Coast Governors to push for their absorption into Permanent and Pensionable (PnP) terms.
The nurses from Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale, Lamu, Tana River, and Taita Taveta counties downed their tools three weeks ago calling for payment of accrued salaries and benefits owed to them for the past three years.
Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) Mombasa Chapter Chairman Peter Maroko said during a protest at the Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital that they have been on the frontline of the county's medical system, yet their employment remains uncertain.
Most of the UHC nurses are on short-term contracts with no job security or retirement benefits, making their future uncertain.
