The new allowances,ranging between Sh5,000 and Sh20,000 for different cadres of health workers including doctors,nurses,laboratory technicians were to be paid for three months from April 1. The medics had threatened to down tools if they do not get the allowances in July.

Doctors,dentists and pharmacists will get the Sh20,000 while clinical officers,nurses,medical lab technologists and technicians,chemists,medical entomologists,medical parasitologists,medical lab officers and psychotherapists will get Sh15,000.

All other technologists and technicians and paramedics like occupational therapists and public health officers will get Sh10,000.
Other support staff like cleaning supervisors and boiler assistants will get Sh5,000.