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The demonstrations involve a wide cross-section of medical professionals, including nurses, clinical officers, dentists, laboratory technicians, and nutritionists. Their demands go beyond just delayed wages. Workers are decrying salary cuts, lack of health insurance, stalled career progression, and delayed promotions.
For years, many have been trapped in three-year renewable contracts without clear pathways to permanent employment. Collective Bargaining Agreements remain unhonored, leaving health staff frustrated and financially strained.
The impact on health workers has been devastating. Many face eviction from their homes due to rent arrears. Banks are hounding them over unpaid loans. Some cannot afford basic food for their families, while others struggle to access healthcare themselves due to dysfunctional insurance cover.
Workers say the county’s negligence is driving them into poverty, even as they remain on the frontline of public service.
Nairobi County insists that salaries were paid but admits that third-party deductions for August and September remain pending. Health workers, however, are skeptical, accusing county officials of playing politics with their livelihoods.
The National Treasury has pledged to release Nairobi’s September equitable share allocation in the first week of October. But the promise has done little to convince health staff, who have vowed not to return to duty until they are fully paid.
With staff staying away from work, the city’s public health system is crumbling. Clinics have been deserted, referral hospitals are overwhelmed, and patients are being turned away. The strike has exposed the fragility of Nairobi’s healthcare system and the cost of delayed funding on essential services.
If the stalemate persists, lives will be lost—not from lack of medicine or equipment, but from lack of staff to administer care.
The Nairobi health workers’ strike is more than a labor dispute—it is a humanitarian crisis in the making. The county government must urgently release pending payments and engage in good-faith negotiations with the unions. Without immediate action, the city risks a full-scale health disaster that will hit the most vulnerable residents hardest.
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