Public Service, Performance and Delivery Management Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria now says his ministry will be in charge of negotiation all Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) with all professional workers’ unions in the country going forward....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
This comes amidst a month-long doctors’ strike over a CBA signed in 2017, occasioning a push-and-pull with the government and no end still in sight.
He hence stated that if the government agrees to such demands, then it will only be a matter of time before another professional workers’ union comes forth with similar unrealistic demands.
This, he intimated, will lead to anarchy in the country, hence a need for a centralization of all the CBA negotiations under one roof to create order.
“Going forward, only my ministry is going to be in charge of negotiating CBAs because we’re the HR experts of the government of the Republic of Kenya…so that we can have semblance of some order.
Because if you look at the issues we’re facing today like salaries for interns…first of all, how can an intern have a salary? It’s a stipend, it’s not a salary,” he stated during a press address on Friday.
“Because today we will deal with doctors today, tomorrow UASU, then teachers, again Vets…we need to centralize all CBAs…I am inviting the doctors to consider the health of patients and their families and the health of the economy..<<CONTINUE READING>>
