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Housing PS Charles Hinga says delays in paying interns under the Affordable Housing Programme were caused by combining two payroll systems, exchequer and housing-levy. He assured interns would be paid by Thursday and said communication will improve.
The strike threat comes from around 20,000 junior school interns whose contracts were recently extended for another year. They will be joined in solidarity by 46,000 other junior school teachers, a move that could interrupt education for more than one million pupils across the country.
The move follows a four-month-long doctors’ strike in Kiambu, with the union stressing that the sanctity of medical internships must not be compromised by prolonged county disputes.
The interns will undergo a 12-month structured programme at accredited centres, aimed at providing essential clinical training in real healthcare settings.