kuco Stories

Clinical officers call for Health CS, SHA leadership to resign as nationwide strike looms
Charles Adinda  |  Jan 17, 2025

Regarding CS Barasa, the Union claimed that she has made it difficult for Kenyans to access treatment through SHA, noting favouritism towards medical...

Clinical officers announce nationwide strike over unmet agreement
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 07, 2025

Gibore expressed frustration over what he described as the government’s failure to act despite repeated efforts by KUCO to seek redress.

Clinical officers protest against Social Health Authority leadership, demand changes
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 05, 2024

The protesters also claimed they had been denied pre-authorisation rights, which they argue prevents them from requesting diagnostic imaging or perfor...

Clinical officers claim discrimination by SHA, issue three-week strike notice
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 30, 2024

Union says the SHA board had excluded clinical officers from the list of service providers, even though they run over 1,000 private healthcare facilit...

Clinical officers threaten strike over exclusion of their facilities from SHA
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 05, 2024

Clinical officers assert that they provide 70 per cent of clinical services in the country.

Marsabit clinical officers return to work after county agrees to meet their demands
Waweru Wairimu  |  Aug 01, 2024

Their strike that lasted for several months caused a major paralysis across health facilities in the vast county, exposing patients to inexplicable su...

Clinical officers end strike after signing deal with Ministry of Health
Charity Kilei  |  Jul 22, 2024

KUCO committed to ending the strike immediately, urging all union members who participated in the industrial action to promptly return to their duties...

Clinical officers end 3-month strike after sealing deal with government
Barack Oduor  |  Jul 08, 2024

Through the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO), the medics said that after talks with the Council of Governors (CoG), they agreed to sign a retur...

Health crisis deepens as clinical officers issue 7-day strike notice
Hanifa Adan  |  Mar 26, 2024

Their notice follows industrial action by doctors under the KMPDU, who have made demands including internship postings for graduates, better pay and p...

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