Medical personnel working under the Universal Health Care scheme in Siaya want Governor James Orengo to fulfil a promise of absorbing them on permanent and pensionable employment terms.
The workers who marched to the county headquarters to demand audience with the Governor said that they have been hoodwinked to continue working under unfavourable terms with the hope that the County Government will live up to its promise but in vain.
Addressing the media outside the Governor's office in Siaya town, the UHC workers led by Caleb Oginga and Lorraine Nabwire lamented how they have been missing out whenever vacancies arise due to lack of money to bribe their way. "The Governor promised us that no recruitment will take place within the county without us being considered but the opposite has been happening," lamented Oginga adding that any UHC worker who finds him or herself before the recruitment panel has to dig into his or her pockets to bribe the powers that will in turn make the terms translate into permanent and pensionable scheme. "This has happened to most of us and those unable to do it do not succeed," he said adding that this has resulted into depression amongst them.
Oginga further called for clarification on whether they are National or County government employees, adding that whereas the county officials nag and harass them for demanding fair remuneration, they always dismiss them as National Government workers.
