The nurses’ union has threatened to withdraw services in Kenyatta National Hospital and the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital should the ongoing strike remain unresolved in the next seven days. Nurses in the two referral hospitals had been exempted from the strike by the union based on the fact that most of the issues raised had been addressed by the hospital boards. The nurses and clinical officers have been on strike for the past 20 days with more than six meetings scheduled to find a solution proving abortive. As at Saturday, 34 nurses had succumbed to Covid-19 in their line of duty. “I have not heard any government official wanting to know why there is no strike in MTRH and KNH, but they are very busy coming to say there is no strike in the national referral hospital.

Source: The Star December 26, 2020 13:18 UTC