The Kenya Union of Clinical officers announced a possible strike country wide, this rose tensions and risked the health of Kenyans who are already admitted or in hospitals in particular counties.
The government should not turn deaf ears to the clinicians demands on their CBA if it wants to successfully implement Universal Health Coverage.
— Abdirashid Diney (@AbdirashidDiney) February 11, 2019
However, this wasn’t business as usual for nurses in Kiisi county who were blocked by street kids armed with stones along the Kisii- Kisumu road.
The embarrassed heath cops ran to the nearby police station but it was all in vain as police only watched the feast happening in their presence at the People’s park where they were assembling for a massive street demonstrations.
Meanwhile, the National Assembly Committee on Health has pleaded with governors in counties where nurses are on strike to sit down and talk and bring the stalemate to an end. Members of the committee were speaking during a visit to the Moi teaching and referral hospital on a fact finding mission as the nurses continue singing their no retreat, no surrender slogans.