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Dilemma as Covid-19 cases rise amid health workers’ strikes

Homa Bay health workers strike
Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • In Homa Bay County, health workers have defied the Industrial Court in Kisumu which ordered them to go back to work three weeks when they began their strike.
  • Kenya National Union of Laboratory Technicians say even when they pay for their own insurance, the government does not remit the money.

As Kenya heads to the peak of Covid-19 infections, health workers across the country have downed their tools complaining about poor pay, lack of personal protective equipment and anxiety due to the death of their colleagues.

In Homa Bay County, health workers have defied the Industrial Court in Kisumu which ordered them to go back to work three weeks when they began their strike.