{"id":14000,"date":"2020-09-07T18:33:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T18:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=14000"},"modified":"2020-09-07T18:33:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T18:33:01","slug":"nairobi-medics-issue-strike-notice-cite-lack-of-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/nairobi-medics-issue-strike-notice-cite-lack-of-promotion","title":{"rendered":"Nairobi medics issue strike notice, cite lack of promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author:\u00a0Japheth Ogila\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Kenya Professionals Health Society (KPHS) has issued a\u00a0strike notice to Nairobi County and Nairobi Metropolitan Services to compel the authorities to address job stagnation which it claims stifles the growth of its members.<\/p>\n

In a letter sent to the two authorities, KPHS points out that clinical officers, nurses, laboratory technologists and other health workers within its ranks have stagnated at lower job groups since the start of devolution.<\/p>\n

This, KPHS says, jeopardises chances of their career development and scuttles their entitlement to retirement packages commensurate with years of service.\u00a0\u201cDespite there being clear policy guidelines on promotions and re-designations, our county is lagging behind to the disadvantage of our members.<\/p>\n

Fair labour practices and best HR practices dedicate that employees\u2019 welfare must be respected and must be exercised in a manner not disadvantaging employees,\u201d the letter notes partly.\u00a0\u201cNairobi County is the county which has health workers who have stagnated for long since devolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

The body further argues that its members are serving the county under the Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC). This is an initiative which the KPHS says can only be achieved through a motivated workforce.\u00a0It has outlined several situations that could arise a result of the stagnation, which it claims puts its members on the losing end.<\/p>\n

According to the KPHS, failing to promote the workers could create disharmony between the serving medical officers and their juniors on the entry-level. The long-serving officers risk losing their fair share of retirement packages, which are calculated as per terms and years of service due to the failure to be promoted.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0medical officers\u00a0have therefore highlighted five areas they want to be addressed by the two administrations in Nairobi.\u00a0They want all eligible workers to be promoted into their respective next job groups. In this, they recommend three-step job group promotions to those who have served for 9 years and two-step job group promotion for those who have served for 6 to 8 years.<\/p>\n