{"id":15144,"date":"2024-06-10T12:07:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15144"},"modified":"2024-06-10T12:09:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:09:14","slug":"health-cs-susan-nakhumicha-at-pains-to-explain-return-to-work-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15144","title":{"rendered":"Health CS Susan Nakhumicha at Pains to Explain Return to Work Formula."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers has refuted Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha’s claims regarding a meeting to discuss a return-to-work agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During an interview with media houses, Nakhumicha stated that clinical officers recently met with Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards, Mercy Muthoni, to address their concerns. “Even last week, they met the Principal Secretary, and it’s only after the PS escalates to my level that I can handle it. The issue they are raising is risk allowance,” Nakhumicha revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers responded on X, denying that any such meeting had taken place. “Susan Nakhumicha, unless you are being misadvised, we have not met PS Mary Muthoni in the past month. The team she appointed refuses to negotiate a return-to-work agreement as directed by the courts. Clinical Officers in the National government number over 500,” the union stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nakhumicha explained that clinical officers are seeking to increase their risk allowance from Ksh3,000 to Ksh15,000. While she acknowledged that the proposed increase is substantial, she suggested that the clinical officers discuss it with the Council of Governors (CoG), who are their primary employers. “Currently, they earn a risk allowance of Ksh3,000 and are asking for an increase to Ksh15,000. This discussion should be held with the CoG to determine if this increase is feasible,” she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The union criticized the CS for suggesting that the CoG is their primary employer, stating that clinical officers work across both levels of government. “It is not true that the Council of Governors is the primary employer. Clinical Officers work across the two levels of government. You are expected to intervene and expedite resolutions when there is a stalemate. What you are doing is akin to the proverbial ostrich story,” the union asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CS urged healthcare practitioners to continue their work without undue concern, emphasizing that the Kenya Kwanza government has established a State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards to address their needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers has refuted Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha’s claims regarding a meeting to discuss a return-to-work agreement. During an interview with media houses, Nakhumicha stated that clinical officers recently met with Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards, Mercy Muthoni, to address their concerns. “Even last week, they met […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-health","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/images-4-4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15147,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15144\/revisions\/15147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}