The nurses’ union has accused doctors of betrayal for calling off their strike last week. Kenya National Union of Nurses Secretary General Seth Panyako yesterday claimed the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) had frustrated their efforts to negotiate for better working terms. Mr Panyako, (pictured), said his union’s negotiations with the government collapsed last Friday after KMPDU tabled its demand for a risk allowance. Panyako said the CS “had never been ready to engage clinicians and nurses”, and wondered how he expected hospitals to run without nurses. “Out of the cadres of medics, the government appears concerned with doctors’ welfare at the expense of nurses, clinicians and the rest of health workers.”Panyako said the union had unsuccessfully attempted to reach a mutually beneficial agreement since 2016.

Source: Standard Digital December 29, 2020 06:33 UTC