Meru County raises doctors and nurses allowances

THe Meru County Assembly has passed a second supplementary budget approving the payment of sh374.6 million in health workers allowances. This is after the National Govt allocated funds for nursing services,doctors, and their allowances.

THe county’s 970 nurses will get sh 100.6m in allowances, sh60.7m for 134 doctors, sh16.8m as call allowance and sh240m for health workers allowances.

The allowances have increased the health department’s salaries from sh1.6 billion to sh2 billon annually.

Elsewhere, Tharaka Nithi Governor has said his administration will not increase nurses pay. He said nurses were getting far better salaries than other county employees.

“Before devolution, they were getting 23,000 a month. Newly employed nurses now earn 73,000”, said Mr Ragwa, who is also the secretary of the COG Health Committee. “We have no funds to increase their salaries”.

source: The Nation newspaper.

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That Tharaka Governor is not serious, if national government have provided the increase just pay already. Kwani amepangia hiyo pesa nini?

In other note, congratulations nurses 73000 a month is good money at the counties. Now give mwananchi good service.

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Ati 73,000 a month… Hiyo inakaa maheni ama a mistake from the journos

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73K? who can even be incited to strike earning 73K as a nurse and living in the counties? is that figure accurate or a typo?

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Tharaka-nithi governor will be out in the cold by 8 a.m,his rival muthomi njuki is the popular candidate

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Si tuliambiwa Munya kazi yake ni kuchochea wengine lakini wake huwa anawalipa

Why would they pay a nurse 73,000/-?..yaani mtu anakaa tu mahali anafunga macho na ku guess mshahara ya watu ama namna gani?

What’s wrong with paying a nurse 73k?

Remuneration is a factor of vitu mingi…level of education being first and foremost. Ndio maana kuna kuwanga na job groups…ndio maana saa hizi kenya tuko na a ile SRC commission ambayo ina deal na mambo ya ku harmonize mishahara ya watu kenya hii. Ukilipa nurses 73K, rafiki yangu lazma upatie graduates wako wote over 100K. Halafu siku moja madaktari watakuitisha 900K starting salary…ndio utajua kumbe hujui.

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unataka walipwe ngapi?

Kuna degree ya Nursing Kenya. Mbona wakae shule 4 years na wasilipwe that?

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Kama nurse anakula 73 k @Destro anakula nusu mita?

mkubwa nurse wa diploma afta taxation anapata kindu 48.Mkubwa nusu milioni ni ndoto.Niko mbali sana na hapo.Serikali inatunyanyasa

Starting salary-30,000 maximum. Hapo professionals wengine wanaeza angalia na kuamua kuchorea hiyo story.

Starting basic salary I think is around that figure, then kuna allowances. but those who work in the Health sector like @Luther12 watuambie zaidi.

Allowances in the medical field ziko mingi saana, Mwalimu ndiye alipata shinda