Siaya Governor James Orengo is the latest leader to reject the Ministry of Public Service’s proposal to convert all public service employees from permanent and pensionable to contract status.
Governor Orengo, speaking at a church event in Ramula, East Gem, described Public Service CS Moses Kuria’s proposal as a shame and a crazy idea that they will strongly oppose as a Council of Governors.
He explained that they will never be concerned with CS Moses Kuria’s proposals, which he described as ‘fanatical ideas’, claiming that the move will violate workers’ fundamental right to job security.
“Moses Kuria is coming up with fanciful ideas that are not acceptable in a nation where we believe in good order and continuity. He has come up with a crazy idea that all public servants will be employed on a contract basis,” Orengo said.
“That is a matter which is very shameful for him to say…we cannot be a nation where everybody is working on contract…public workers should have a security of tenure.”
At the same time, Governor Orengo has stated his position on the ongoing doctors’ strike, insisting that the government follow the agreement reached with the doctors’ union and that the intern doctors’ salaries be met.
“The conditions which the doctors have raised are something which has already been negotiated and if the national government is caring about our people, they should sit down and talk with the doctors,” Orengo said.
“The interns are not bringing the idea of Ksh.206,000 from the air, there was a negotiated settlement two to three years ago where the government committed itself to pay interns Ksh.206,000.”
