The Kenya National Union of Nurses has vowed to carry on with the countrywide strike starting on Monday next week. Secretary general Seth Panyako has dismissed the dialogue efforts by labour CS Ukur Yatani, saying the union has not been invited to any talks. Read: Labour CS Ukur Yattani appoints conciliation committee to avert nurses strike"The dialogue efforts are aimed at ensuring that the service provision in public hospitals are not paralysed. He said the Controller of Budget had increased allocation to the counties but they are deliberately refusing to pay nurses. On Saturday, the Star exclusively reported about an advisory to the Council of Governors not to increase nurses pay for fear of a ripple effect among workers in other sectors.

Source: The Star February 02, 2019 11:03 UTC