County Government of Kisumu told to increase stipend given to Community nurses
By Dickson Odhiambo
July 5, 2021
County Government of
Kisumu told to increase stipend given to Community nurses
THE County
government of Kisumu has been urged to consider increasing the stipend given to
the Community Health Volunteers within the County.
President of Mwalimu James Japheth Mwamu Foundation says the
stipend given to the Community Health Volunteers is not enough with the
work they are doing to serve the Members of the Community.
Speaking in Kolwa Central
within Kisumu East when the Foundation visited the CHVs and donated
Covid-19 kits like face masks and Sanitizers to help them in their work, Mwamu
appealed to the County Government under the current Governor Prof Peter Anyang
Nyong’o to take this into consideration.
“The Community Health Volunteers working within various parts of
Kisumu County do a lot of work and this is very vital to the community in terms
of serving the people on matters of their health at the ground level hence
there is need to consider increasing their stipend from the County Government
of Kisumu,” Mwamu says
Mwamu at the same time says there is need by the County
government to ensure that the NHIF cover is cascaded to the ground to cover
many residents of the county as most of them are not covered under the scheme.
He says it should be a replica of what is happening in Mombasa County
where the county government of Mombasa is reaching people at the grass root
level with such services.
Speaking during the event, the more than 50 Community Health
Volunteers praised the move by the Foundation and thanked it for such a good
gesture.
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