Civil Servants To Be Paid In Phases. The most recent update from Felix Koskei, the Head of Public Service, states that due to the government’s current financial difficulties, demands from medical intern workers about high salaries might not be taken into consideration.
At the opening of the first Women in Procurement and Supply Chain Management Conference in Naivasha on Wednesday, April 3, Koskei made the announcement that the government could only afford to pay the medical interns Ksh70,000, not the Sh. 206,000 that they were currently demanding.
Koskei claims that although the Salary and Renumeration Commission suggested paying these interns Ksh70,000, their demands are greater than that amount.
According to the head of public service, the government would find it extremely difficult to pay the requested compensation given the current economic climate and high cost of living.
Civil Servants To Be Paid In Phases
Additionally, he pointed out that while medical intern workers used to receive similar compensation in the past, it is today unfeasible due to the rising annual number of medical students graduating.
Additionally, he said that if the medical interns demonstrated a willingness to accept the proposed wage of Sh. 70,000 from the SRC, the government would be prepared to post all of them.
For the past week, doctors have been staging major demonstrations in which they are asking that medical intern graduate workers be posted and paid fairly.
For the past week, doctors have been staging major demonstrations in which they are asking that medical intern graduate workers be posted and paid fairly.
The doctors have made a number of demands of the government, including that it deal with the matter of promotions and postgraduate student grants.
The doctors claim that since the salary arrears issue under the 2017–21 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) has not yet been entirely resolved, further action is required.