Medical services have been paralysed in Kakamega and Kisumu counties as the nurses' strike enters its second week on Monday. The Kakamega government has served nurses with a return-to-work notice, saying they will be sacked for participating in an "illegal strike". But nurses union secretary general Maurice Opetu said they will not return to work until the document has been signed. /LEWIS NYAUNDISalaries and Remuneration Commission chair Sarah Serem has disowned the CBA, saying governors sidestepped her advice on the nurses' demands. Read: Garissa woman delivers in taxi as nurses' strike enters day threeAlso read: Watchman dies after waiting hours at Embu hospital as nurses strike bites

Source: The Star June 12, 2017 10:12 UTC