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Health workers in Homa Bay have criticized the county government for failing to implement the 2022 pre-election agreement they signed.

Governor Gladys Wanga and her deputy Oyugi Magwanga before their election to office met the health workers through union officials and agreed to address the issues they have been facing over the past years.

The health service providers cited timely salaries payment, promotion of health workers, timely remittance of statutory deductions and adequate supply of pharmaceuticals to the county hospitals as part of the deal.

For instance in the agreement, the medics signed a health chatter that salaries should be paid by 5th of every month.

But on Tuesday, the health workers accused governor Wanga’s administration of failing to tackle most of the issues they had raised one year after assuming office.

Led by Secretaries of the Kenya National Union of Medical Laboratory Officers Secretary Joseph Opondo, Kenya National Union of Nurses Emadick Otieno and Kenya National Union of Clinical officers Felix Ouko, they accused the county government of ignoring them after the election.

Opondo said they are prepared to call for industrial action in two weeks if the county government fails to address their grievances.

“We have given the health department a two weeks ultimatum to address our grievances. We will down our tools if this is not done,” he said. They claimed there have been delayed salary payments for more than six months.

Addressing journalists in Homa Bay town, the unionists argued that they have not been receiving proper communication from the county health officials regarding the delayed salaries.