Nairobi County workers threaten to stage go-slow over delayed salaries
The Nairobi City County Workers have raised concerns over the continued delay of their salaries by the County government urging for the scale down services in protest until their pay is released.
In a statement issued today, the Kenya County Government Workers Union faulted the Nairobi County administration for failing to honor its commitment to pay salaries on time.
According to the union, despite an earlier agreement with the Sakaja led-administration last month that salaries would be paid by 5th, the county has since failed to keep its word, citing delays in July and August salaries as well as third-party remittances.
“It’s quite unfortunate that today, being the 17th of September,2025 Nairobi county staff are yet to receive their third party remittances of July,2025 and August 2025 salaries and there are no signs when the salaries will be paid. This is gross contravention of the Return to work agreement,” they said in a statement.
The workers warned that the stalemate has severely affected their ability to report to work, pay bills, and support their families.
“This situation has made staff unable to attend to personal and family obligations including commuting to work. As the county management resolves the salaries issue, the union hereby advise our member to slow down their services to the county and those unable to commute to duty to stay at home until salaries are credited to their accounts. Be duly informed,” the Union has advised.
This comes as two months ago, Nairobi County medics downed their tools after going for weeks without pay.
Nurses, laboratory officers, pharmaceutical technologists and public health officers took part in the protests, citing unbearable delays in salaries that left them unable to cater for basic needs such as food.
The latest industrial action was triggered after the county failed to pay June salaries on time, pushing health facilities into crisis as services were paralyzed or reduced to bare minimums.
Union officials pointed out that the delays contravened the Employment Act of 2007, which requires that wages be paid promptly and not later than the fifth day after the end of the pay period.
