The Government has failed to release 6.5 billion shillings for the recruitment of 6,172 health workers due to problems in budget cash flow caused by the suspension of donor aid.
Minister Fred Omach
This was disclosed by the minister of state for Finance Fred Omach while appearing before the Health committee chaired by the workers
Omach said that the delay to release the health budget is attributed to the suspension of financial support to government due to abuse of funds in the office of the prime minister.
Omach says that they received the recruitment plan from the ministry of health but acknowledges that government has delayed to fund the implementation of such a plan.
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