The Health Union Caucus has announced a nationwide strike beginning at midnight on Monday, July 20.
The Unions have accused the Council of Governors (CoG) of failing to address long-standing grievances over workers’ welfare, job security and terms of employment.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the caucus said it had resolved to down its tools after weeks of waiting for a response to demands it submitted to the CoG on June 15, saying all attempts to secure dialogue with county governments had proved futile.
The unions said the unresolved issues continue to affect thousands of healthcare workers across the country, leaving them with no alternative but to embark on industrial action.
The caucus accused the Council of Governors of ignoring its demands, arguing that the prolonged silence amounts to a violation of labour laws and constitutional provisions safeguarding workers’ rights.
”Despite clear and urgent demands issued by the Health Union Caucus on June 15, 2026, regarding the welfare and job security of healthcare workers, the Council of Governors has persistently failed to acknowledge or act on these grievances,” the unions said.
The statement was signed by Health Union Caucus chairperson Peterson Wachira alongside officials from several health sector unions, including the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO), the Kenya National Union of Medical Laboratory Officers (KNUMLO), the Kenya Union of Nutritionists and Dieticians (KUNAD), the Kenya National Union of Pharmaceutical Technologists (KNUPT), the Kenya Health Professionals Society (KHPS), the Kenya Environmental Health and Public Health Practitioners Union (KEHPHPU), and the National Union of Biomedical Engineers of Kenya (NUBEK).
