Tag Archives: Nurses Strike

KENYA: Sack SRC boss, protesting Kisii nurses say

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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