Civil servants from Vihiga County have been asked to register with the Union of Kenya Civil Servants (UKCS) for them to be served better.
Speaking during a civil servant sensitisation meeting held in the DIDC hall, Union of Kenya Civil Servants’ national second Deputy General Secretary, Julius Kibet Metto, called on all civil servants to register with the union so that they can benefit from it.
Metto urged hospitals which are SHA accredited to ensure they dispense medicine to civil servants, as the latter are deducted a lot of money through SHA. “It is the responsibility of all SHA-accredited hospitals to ensure they give civil servants medicine before they ask to be paid by SHA,” said Metto.
He challenged hospitals to come up with a memorandum of understanding with the pharmacies so that they can write a note where civil servants can be given the medicine, and then the hospitals pay once they receive money from SHA.
On salary increments, Metto further said that the union has not yet signed the Common Bargaining Agreement (CBA) saying they did not agree with the government on how the percentages were being calculated.
He said they will soon be meeting the President and if they reach an agreement about the house and commuter allowances which affect civil servants monthly, they will then sign the CBA.
He commended the government for increasing the SHA outpatient limit for officers in job groups A-K and L-N. SHA outpatient and inpatient limits were increased from Sh70,000 to Sh100,000 (outpatients) and Sh700,000 to Sh1,000,000 (inpatients) for officers in Job Group A-K. Officers in Job Group L to N also had their SHA limits increased from Sh100,000 to 125,000 (outpatients) and Sh1,000,000 to 1,250,000 for inpatients.
By Maureen Imbayi
