As Kenya marks Labour Day, health workers have little to celebrate.
Inadequate remuneration remains their biggest challenge, with nurses, clinical officers, nutritionists, laboratory technicians, and public health officers under the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme already on strike. "At the moment, even as we commemorate Labour Day, nurses have nothing to smile about.
For example, there is an ongoing strike by UHC employees," says Kenya Union of Nurses chairperson, Joseph Ngwasi.
Hired in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, these nurses have not been absorbed into permanent and pensionable terms, despite government assurances.
