The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) on Tuesday, January 7, issued a 14-day strike notice through their national Chairperson Peterson Wachira.
In a Press Conference held at the Coast General Hospital, Wachira revealed that the strike will kick off on January 19 if the demands agreed upon in their Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in September 2024 are not met.
The clinicians have also named discrimination by the Social Health Authority (SHA) against clinical officers as one of their motivations for the strike. "If we do not have an end to the impunity in the Social Health Authority and we do not have full implementation of the return-to-work agreement of 2024, all the clinical officers in the 47 counties under the Ministry of Health shall proceed on strike as from midnight of January 19, 2025," Wachira stated.
KUCO General Secretary and CEO George Gibore (centre) with KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atellah (left) and officials from the unions.
