Governor of Kakamega Wycliffe Oparanya (right) looks as Head of Nursing at Kakamega County Referral General Hospital Jacinta Angie receives Covid-19 jab from nursing officer Beverlyne Wambani in this picture March 12, 2021.
Last year, the Health ministry hired 1,000 interns to work in various health establishments in the country as it grappled with the pandemic.
The interns risk losing their jobs since there is no money directed to paying them specifically in the new financial year.
Despite the allocation of Sh1.2 billion by Treasury for the hiring of more health workers in the coming financial year, a National Assembly analysis of the 2021/22 financial budget estimate reveals that the funds “cannot be traced”.
Treasury yesterday allocated Sh1.2 billion for the recruitment of health workers in the financial year starting July as the number of Covid-19 infection continues to rise.
