EAST AFRICAN NEWS

June 2017 BusinessDaily;Importers of pharmaceutical products have until September 1 to comply with Kenyan standards on medical drugs and equipment or face cancellation of their licences. The notice affects all importers of medical devices, food supplements, medical cosmetics, herbal products and other related healthcare borderline products falling under the regulated …

June 2017 BusinessDaily: Two Indians were on Monday deported after they were charged with two counts of illegal medical practice and being in Kenya illegally. The two, who were arrested following theBusiness Daily’s investigations into a fraudulent scheme involving the recruitment and referral of Kenyan patients to India in exchange for …

June 2017 Dailynation;Patients should brace for tougher days this week as nurses are digging in with their 14-day strike. Kenyans are hoping that the division in the health workers’ union will wane to allow for negotiations to solve the pay stalemate. The sharp differences in the two factions within the …

June 2017 Dailynation;Kenyans will have to wait longer for nurses to resume work as divisions in the Kenya National Union of Nurses are complicating negotiations with the national and county governments.  On Friday, a press conference called by a faction of the union led by the embattled chairman John Bii …

June 2017 Dailynation; Governors have said they will not approve a pay increase demanded by nurses – currently on day 10 of a nationwide strike – due to the large sum of money involved. The county bosses on Tuesday said the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) to pay the 26,000 nurses …

June 2017 Dailynation; Principal contributors to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) have hit 6.5 million mark on the back of the campaign that recruited new members from the informal sector. The scheme, which is open to any Kenyan over the age of 18 years with a monthly income of …

June 2017 Dailynation; The Central Organisation of Trade Unions has offered to mediate in the deadlock between nurses on strike and their employer, which enters the seventh day today. Acting Cotu Secretary-General Benson Okwaro said the talks will be held in Nairobi tomorrow, attended by officers from the Ministry of Labour …

June 2017 Dailynation; The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has spent Sh200 million on heart surgeries since October, highlighting the growing cases of lifestyle diseases among Kenyans. The State-owned health insurer set aside half a billion shillings for cardiac surgery with members of the fund enjoying a benefit of up to …

June 2017 Dailynation; The nationwide nurses’ strike entered it fourth day today, with union officials’ date with Labour Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie bouncing. Representatives of the health workers were scheduled to meet with Mrs Kandie in Nairobi on condition that they talk about their Collective Bargaining Agreement and not the trade …

June 2017 Businessdaily; The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) is now providing emergency road ambulance services to all its members and declared dependents, a benefit only the civil servants have been enjoying for the past three years. NHIF chief executive Geoffrey Mwangi told the Business Daily that the Fund has …