Universal Health Coverage (UHC) staff have rejected the Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale's directive to transfer the management of their payslip to the county governments. In their official X account on Wednesday, May 7, the UHC staff stressed that the national government should only transfer this responsibility to the devolved units as per the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) terms and not stipends. "We have UHC staff reject in totality the resolutions on UHC staff made yesterday between the government, MOH & the union," the notice stated. "If payrolls are to be transferred to the counties, they should be transferred as per SRC terms and not as stipends," it added.
Medical doctors participating in a strike on April 9, 2024 Photo George Oyunge Additionally, the staff have further pointed out that the reluctance of the government to pay them their pending gratuity is a sign of betrayal. "We have UHC staff, having served 5 full years now on contract.
We believe our due gratuity, which is way long overdue, should have been paid like yesterday.
Clearly, the government - MOH eats its own people," it stated.
