Lawmakers support health workers push for pay rise

kenya parliament, national assembly


Nation | by Samwel Owino


MPs on Tuesday voted to compel the government to honour a raft of demands by health workers, including new allowances, State-funded group life and medical insurance cover.

The lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in support of the Health committee report which also directed the ministry to release to public hospitals personal protective equipment (PPE) held in Kemsa stores to reduce the cost of treating Covid-19 patients.

The report contains specific timelines the demands by the healthcare workers are…

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