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Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko on Tuesday assured striking county government workers that they will receive their payments by end of the month.
County workers had camped outside City Hall demanding to be addressed by the governor over the implementation of a 15% pay rise that was part of the 2017 Collective Bargain Agreement.
Addressing the protesting workers, Sonko assured them that the money is available and they will all get their agreed pay.
“Ni hiyo kipengele kidogo tu, SRC na Treasury tukae nao watusaidie mpate pesa zenu,” he said. (It’s just a small clause that together with the SRC and Treasury, need to meet and they will help us get your money.)
Sonko said he backed the workers saying the strike is within their right.
The 13,000 workers want the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) to give the County Government of Nairobi a go ahead to implement the CBA as ruled by Industrial Court Judge Nelson Abwodha November last year.