The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) says the push to have medical interns paid more is misguided.<\/p>\n
The commission\u2019s chairperson Lyn Mengich insists that the Ksh. 70,000 stipend that is paid to medical interns is more than what is given to other interns both in the government and private sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cInterns in government today, the highest paid is Ksh. 25,000. And even in the private sector we have checked, Ksh 35,000 could be about the highest,\u201d she said<\/p>\n
The SRC boss was also quick to point out that what is given to intern doctors as facilitation should not be misconstrued as salary.<\/p>\n
\u201cInterns are paid stipends and stipend is not a remuneration. A stipend is an amount you are paid just to facilitate you to work. We must separate the two. Interns anywhere are not paid a remuneration,\u201d said Mengich<\/p>\n
Mengich insists that the government cannot afford to pay intern salaries. Instead, she says the country needs to recruit more doctors in the health sector because Kenya has yet to reach the required ratio against the population.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe conversation should not be about paying more to the ones you have. The conservation we should be having is how can we ensure that we are able as a country to recruit more healthcare workers,\u201d she said in a TV interview Wednesday amid the ongoing doctors\u2019 strike that has lasted one month.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to look at the current wage bill and ask what we need to do to get the correct ratio. It\u2019s not about don\u2019t pay the don\u2019t pay the doctors more, it\u2019s about how do we get to what the law requires, 35% of revenue,\u201d she added saying the current wage bill stands at 47%.<\/p>\n
Mengich said this informed the decision to convene the planned National Wage Bill Conference.<\/p>\n
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