UHC workers threaten to sue County Government

Busia

Friday August 25, 2023

KNA by Salome Alwanda

The health care providers under the Universal Health Coverage have threatened to sue the County Government of Busia for failing to issue them with confirmation letters on appointment as directed by the Ministry of Health.

Led by their Chairman Wycliffe Osukuku, the workers lamented that their counterparts in other Counties had already been confirmed and were being paid their salaries.

“We are going to court and we are also going to write a letter to the parliamentary committee on health on the same issue,” said Osukuku.

Osukuku further said that the UHC workers were suffering and were not able to fend for their families coupled with the fact that schools are almost reopening.

“We have been chased away from our houses by our landlords yet nobody is listening to us,” they said.

He appealed to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Susan Nakhumincha to intervene in their plight.

The workers have served the County Government for the past three years and played a very important role during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Courtesy ; K. N. A