According to a February 18 letter by the Council of Governors, 250 of the 296 striking nurses in Garissa have received the letters. The striking nurses are demanding uniform and nursing service allowances as they were promised in a November 2, 2017 deal. RESIGNEDThe meeting came barely a day after county health chief officer Zeddy Chepkorir failed to reach an agreement with nurses. The county’s 259 striking nurses in 134 hospitals joined their colleagues in other counties to protest their employers’ failure to implement the salary deal. Mr Atwoli blamed Mr Oparanya “for misleading President Kenyatta over the ongoing nurses’ strike.

Source: Daily Nation February 18, 2019 21:56 UTC