July 2017 DailyNation; Striking Kisii nurses have called for the sacking of Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) chair Sarah Serem, accusing her of blocking signing of a CBA. The health workers chanted slogans and waved placards as they hoisted the SRC chair’s effigy as they marched along the streets. Led …
Read More »KENYA:Doctors union urges Govt to tackle nurses’ strike
July 2017 Dailynation;Doctors have asked the government to amend the Health Bill 2015 in order to improve access to services, and resolve the ongoing nurses’ strike. The appeal comes a day after signing acollective bargaining agreement with the government. Speaking during the third annual delegates’ conference at Crowne Plaza in …
Read More »KENYA: Health ministry backs bid to call off nurses strike
June 2017 BusinessDaily; The Health ministry has thrown its weight behind an application seeking to have the nurses strike called off. Principal Secretary Julius Korir has in court papers said that the strike, called by Kenya National Union of Nurses (Knun) officials, is premature since talks on the collective bargaining agreement …
Read More »KENYA:Kenyans suffer as nurses’ union addresses infighting
June 2017 Dailynation;Patients should brace for tougher days this week as nurses are digging in with their 14-day strike. Kenyans are hoping that the division in the health workers’ union will wane to allow for negotiations to solve the pay stalemate. The sharp differences in the two factions within the …
Read More »KENYA:Nurses’ union officials clash on live TV
June 2017 Dailynation;Kenyans will have to wait longer for nurses to resume work as divisions in the Kenya National Union of Nurses are complicating negotiations with the national and county governments. On Friday, a press conference called by a faction of the union led by the embattled chairman John Bii …
Read More »KENYA: Governors: Approving nurses’ CBA will burden the tax payer
June 2017 Dailynation; Governors have said they will not approve a pay increase demanded by nurses – currently on day 10 of a nationwide strike – due to the large sum of money involved. The county bosses on Tuesday said the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) to pay the 26,000 nurses …
Read More »KENYA:Talks hit a snag as nurses’ strike enters Day 4
June 2017 Dailynation; The nationwide nurses’ strike entered it fourth day today, with union officials’ date with Labour Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie bouncing. Representatives of the health workers were scheduled to meet with Mrs Kandie in Nairobi on condition that they talk about their Collective Bargaining Agreement and not the trade …
Read More »KENYA:Serem rejects salary deal as nurses strike hits hospitals
June 2017 Dailynation; One person died after he was turned away from a hospital on Monday, as the health sector was thrown into a crisis after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission rejected a new pay agreement for nurses, which had been negotiated by the Council of Governors. Nurses in public hospitals …
Read More »KENYA:Nurses’ strike kicks off as patients stranded in Vihiga
June 2017 Dailynation; Nurses have boycotted work in some parts of the county to protest what they say is a breach of a collective bargaining agreement they signed with the government. The Kenya National Union of Nurses (Knun) had directed all its 45,000 members to strike starting Monday morning until the …
Read More »KENYA: Striking Kilifi nurses now get their allowances
February 2017 Dailynation; The Kilifi County government has started paying allowances to striking nurses, eliciting hopes that services will resume in public hospitals that had been deserted because of the work boycott. In a press conference at the Kilifi County Hospital, chief officer in charge of Health Timothy Malingi confirmed …
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