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1. KEHPHPU PHOs strike suspended. 2. Suspended for 30 days for negotiations.

Go big David. 🥇 - https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSgkqRJub/ Thanks Ashira & Shem for walking with David. yPHOs aren't the leaders of tomorrow but now. For more follow KEHPHPU TikTok page https://www.tiktok.com/@kehphpu1 that is around 1,000 followers strong.

It is good our good PS has been to Eastleigh. PHOs have a core role in development control / housing, water supply and liquid waste management. With just 10 months left the PS can still help PHOs deliver better here. WASH unit covers water supply and liquid waste management. I am curious how DEH covers development control / housing. - It should be a unit in DEH at least Or does DEH Occupational Health & Safety unit cover it? Nairobi County offers the best organogram that has a Development Control unit. Our good PS can help us: 1. Work with APHOK to ensure all counties pass and make law Kenya Prototype County Environmental Health and Sanitation Bill. - A minority already passed it 2. Amend PHA 242 to empower PHOs in their work. 3. Update the Public Health Act (Cap 242) Building Rules: Modernize outdated sections of Cap 242 to align statutory public health requirements with modern architectural, structural, and environmental standards (wastewater reuse, green building ventilation, and urban density controls). 4. Develop national guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Public Health Plan Vetting and On-site Development Compliance Inspections. 5. Ensure that no development permission - whether for residential complexes, industrial facilities, or commercial centers - is granted without explicit, signed PHO public health compliance certificates (clearance for drainage, waste management, light, and ventilation). 6. Work with PHOTC to recognise Public Health Specialists in Public Health, Community Health, Public Health Engineering, Disaster Management, Occupational Health and Safety, Food Science & Technology, Public Health Law, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Health Promotion and Communication for Public Health. 7. She should also wake up PHOTC & APHOK for PHOs webinars. - Some webinars can cover approval of building plans 8. Protect PHOs from political or developer pressure. 9. Push for re-gazetting of Public Health Prosecutors under our acts giving field PHOs stronger legal backing to issue statutory notices, stop orders, and prosecute non-compliant developers in court. 10. Push for EPHIS. - And digitising approval of building plans 11. Support One Health for Bora Afya. 12. Support KMTC HND in Occupational Health & Safety. 13. Support county PHOs with field PHOs inspection toolkits and smartphones with portable water/wastewater testing kits, digital measuring tools, light/air quality monitors, and digital mobile inspection devices. - Through budget allocation or donors 14. Issue periodic policy advisories to CECMs for Health emphasizing the legal necessity of PHO vetting in mitigating urban public health hazards, disease outbreaks, and structural environmental pollution. Na PS ni mjamo.✌🏿

NOTIFICATION ON SUBMISSION OF POSTGRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS⁣ ⁣ Congratulations to all Public Health Officers who have attained post graduate qualification.⁣ ⁣ Further to the above, the Council wishes to create a database of such qualifications for recognition. This therefore, is to request all registered and licensed Public Health Officers who have attained⁣ this qualification to share their respective certificates. These include: Post Graduate Diploma, Masters Degree, and Doctorate, and any other qualification considered as Post Graduate, bring⁣ forth the evidence for such consideration.⁣ ⁣ The documents should be submitted via email to info@photc.org or delivered physically to the Council offices at KMTC Grounds, off Ngong Road, Rattansi Block, Second Floor, on or before⁣ 13th November 2026.

KMA and PSK are prioritising webinars to train their members on Ebola. Why aren't we seeing the same initiatives from APHOK or SOCHE? - They don't even have representation in EVD Taskforce too Who trains the CHAs online through webinars? - Already kuna eCHIS Ebola updates or expected activities If you ask SOCHE or CHESOA they will share you about their CPD plans. Who trains the PHOs online? Are we waiting we be grouped as others then react? Kindly answer me.

🗣️PHOs, yPHOs, PHOIs, PHO CHEWs = Mashujaa

OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS The Public Service Commission has advertised 6,000 internship slots (Cohort 2) under the Affordable Housing Programme, State Department for Housing and Urban Development. One of the professional areas is Health and Safety (Degree level, 300 slots), which is a great fit for us as PHOs. Quick details: ✅ Degree holders who graduated 2020 or later ✅ Computer proficiency required ✅ Must not have benefited from a similar programme ✅ 12 months, non-renewable, with a stipend ✅ Certificate on completion ⏰ Deadline: 9th November 2026 🌐 Apply at www.publicservice.go.ke or www.psckjobs.go.ke . What a Occupational Health and Safety Officer does on site🦺 1. Conduct daily site inspections and walkthroughs 2. Carry out hazard identification and risk assessments 3. Conduct toolbox talks and OSH inductions for workers 4. Ensure workers use proper PPE 5. Monitor work at height, excavation, scaffolding, electrical and machinery safety 6. Investigate and report accidents, incidents and near misses 7. Maintain OSH records, registers and monthly reports 8. Support compliance with OSHA 2007 and DOSHS requirements 9. Monitor site sanitation, drinking water, waste management and welfare facilities 10. Coordinate first aid, fire safety and emergency preparedness 11. Support environmental compliance and EIA/ESIA monitoring 12. Liaise with contractors, supervisors and regulators Learn, earn and conquer 💡: This is a chance to get real site experience, document your skills, and get paid while you do it. PHOs are already making their mark 🏗️ In Cohort 1, there are 47 verified PHO interns serving as Health and Safety Officers on Affordable Housing Programme sites. The space is ours to claim, and Cohort 2 is your chance to join us. My own experience as part of Cohort 1: I am part of Cohort 1 of this programme, serving as a Occupational Health and Safety intern on an Affordable Housing Programme site. After about 4 months, due to volume of work load by the 5th month, I had negotiated with the contractor to be engaged as a full-time OSH Officer. I have since grown to become a NEMA-licensed EIA/ESIA/EA associate expert, and I now carry out these assessments on AHP projects. None of it would have happened if I had not taken the first step and shown up ready to learn and deliver. Think beyond the stipend. Housing sites expose you to OSH, environmental health, sanitation, EIA/ESIA and compliance work. With 300 slots in this category, it's a chance to build a niche as a PHO and grow into a specialist. Don't sit back and wait. Apply early, prepare your documents, and make yourself visible on site. Learn, then conquer. Need help with your application? - If you need assistance preparing or submitting your application, reach out. Please share with colleagues who may need this. 🙏 #PM

1. Early this year we had yPHOs appointed as Health and Safety Interns under Affordable Housing Programme (AHP). 2. Internship Cohort 2 ad is out. - I advise BSc PHOs to apply for the 300 Health and Safety Interns positions again 3. I encourage the current PHOIs in AHP to encourage the interested or share their testimonials to help the interested decide. For appointment to an Health and Safety internship position, a candidate must: • Have a Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university; • Have graduated not earlier than the year 2020; • Be proficient in computer skills; and • Have not benefited from a similar programme. Duties include, but not limited to; i. Completing duties mutually agreed upon and assigned by the supervisors; ii. Documenting relevant skills acquired in their areas of deployment in the Affordable Housing Programme and Marketing project sites across the country; and iii. Actively participating in any relevant mentorship activities and additional responsibilities designed for the programme. Duration of Internship: Twelve (12) months- Non renewable Stipend: The interns will be paid a stipend by the State Department for Housing and Urban Development, at a rate as determined by the Government Certificate: On successful completion of the Internship Programme, the interns will be awarded a certificate by the State Department for Housing and Urban Development. Interested and qualified applicants are requested to make their applications through the Public Service Commission’s job portal accessible through www.publicservice.go.ke or www.psckjobs.go.ke by 9th November, 2026.

Go big David. 🥇 - https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSgkqRJub/ Thanks Ashira & Shem for walking with David. yPHOs aren't the leaders of tomorrow but now. For more follow KEHPHPU TikTok page https://www.tiktok.com/@kehphpu1 that is around 1,000 followers strong.

Mashujaa PHOs 2026 1. Anthony Wainaina - Ag. CEO, PHOTC 2. Mohamed Duba - SG, APHOK 3. Joseph Kilel - Chair, APHOK 4. Benjamin Murkomen - Head, BMH 5. Brown Ashira - SG KEHPHPU 6. Ahmed Salat - Chair, PHOTC 7. Ken Ogendo - Chair, KEHPHPU 8. Kevin Shikuku - The Diaperman / KEHPHPU Kilifi OS Asanteni mashujaa wetu kwa kazi bora kwa Afya ya Umma.🙏🏿 *List generated with assistance of Google Gemini and verified.