CoG tells county boards to ignore Health Ministry directive to absorb UHC workers

Audio By Vocalize

Council of Governors chairperson Ahmed Abdullahi addresses a media briefing at the Council's headquarters in Nairobi on November 7, 2025. [File, Standard]

The Council of Governors (CoG) has directed County Public Service Boards to ignore the Ministry of Health directive to absorb UHC workers.

The CoG Chairman, Ahmed Abdullahi told the respective County Public Service Boards to ignore the letters from the Principal Secretaries of Health and Public Service directing them to place the UHC workers in their payrolls on permanent and pensionable terms.

Speaking during the Annual General Meeting of the County Pension Fund at a hotel in Isiolo town on Thursday, Mr Abdullahi, who is also the Wajir Governor said that the two PSs have no legal mandate to direct the county boards to place the health workers in their payrolls under the current circumstances.