By ALEX NJERUMore by this AuthorTharaka-Nithi County Governor Muthomi Njuki has been compelled to rehire 96 nurses sent home last week after their one-year contracts ended. The county boss, who had vowed not to retain the workers citing a bloated wage bill, changed his mind after the closure of eight dispensaries for lack of nurses. But the county governor still vowed to weed out excess staff in the department he insists is bloated. The Kenya National Union of Nurses county chairman, Fabian Marigu, lauded the decision by the governor noting that services will resume in the eight dispensaries as they wait hiring of more nurses and other health staff. The governor asked residents to embrace the village dispensaries to end overcrowding at Tharaka and Magutuni sub-County hospitals and Chuka County Referral Hospital.

Source: Daily Nation May 02, 2018 06:22 UTC