The recruits say the current working conditions could expose them to the dreaded Covid-19.
The youths, who are involved in street clean-ups, fumigation and disinfection.
The youths are part of the 3,479 cohorts recruited recently from 20 informal settlements.
Hundreds of youths engaged in the government’s Kazi Mtaani programme in Isiolo have threatened to boycott work over non-payment of their wages and lack of protective gear. The recruits say the current working conditions could expose them to the dreaded Covid-19.
The irate youths held protests decrying what they said was unfairness in payment, noting that a big number of those who participated in the first phase had not been paid while some of those who participated in the second phase are receiving their pay in bits, contrary to the agreement.
