Kenya: Nurses Case to Be Heard Today

The Star, 28 December 2012

Striking nurses have gone to court seeking orders to stop the authorities from victimizing them. The nurses have been on strike for 4 weeks pushing for the registration of their ... read more »
Kenya: Nurses Take Union Registration Matter to Court

The Star, 28 December 2012

Striking nurses have moved to court to seek orders to quash decision barring their union from registration. In a petition filed at the Industrial court, Union leader Seth Panyako ... read more »
Kenya: Health Sector to Suffer Due to Striking Nurses

The Star, 26 December 2012

The health sector will suffer a major setback during this festive season as striking nurses have vowed to continue with their strike until next year. The nurses say they will not ... read more »

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Kenya: Nurses Vow to Go On With Their Strike

The Star, 24 December 2012

Striking nurses have vowed to go on with their strike. They say they will not be intimidated by sacking threats by the government. Here is Union chairman Jeremiah Maina read more »
Kenya: Nurses Will Not Call Off Their Strike

The Star, 21 December 2012

The nurses strike will not be called off even after their officials were arrested yesterday. Nurses union official Seth Panyako says they will not be intimidated. He says striking ... read more »

Health workers on strike (file photo): Nurses to vow to go on strike.

Kenya: 100 Nurses in Embu Resume Work

The Star, 21 December 2012

Some 100 nurses at the Embu Provincial General Hospital have abandoned the strike The hospital has about 200 nurses. However, operations are yet to resume in most of the wards, ... read more »
Kenya: Kisumu Nurses Launch Anti-Nyong'o Campaign

The Star, 21 December 2012

STRIKING nurses across Kisumu have launched a campaign against Medical Services Minister Anyang' Nyongo's senator bid. read more »
Kenya: Health Secretary Says Nurses Strike is Illegal

The Star, 20 December 2012

Public Health PS Mark Bor yesterday said the ongoing strike by nurses is illegal. Speaking in Bomet after officially opening the Irwaga Model Health Hospital, Bor said it is a ... read more »
Kenya: Nurse Officials Arrested

The Star, 20 December 2012

Officials of the Kenya National Union of Nurses have been arrested. The union leaders refused to call off the strike despite it being termed illegal. Nurses have been on strike ... read more »
Kenya: Nyongo Calls for Nurses Union Leaders to Be Arrested

The Star, 19 December 2012

Arrest the nurses union leaders. Medical services Minister Anyang Nyong'o is asking police to stop the leaders saying they are breaking the law. The Minister also says the striking ... read more »

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Kenya's Health Sector Paralyzed By Strike

Prime Minister Raila Odinga is to receive a report on the issues surrounding the ongoing nurses strike in the country. Read more »
- Kenya: Raila to Receive Nurses' Report On the Strike
- Kenya: Nurses Defy Return-to-Work Order
Kenyan Nurses Vow to Continue Strike

Nurses have said they will not return to work until the government recognizes their demands for a union. Read more »
- Kenya: Nurses Vow to Continue With Strike
- Kenya: We Are Not Afraid of Your Empty Threats, Nurses Tell Nyong'o
Patient Dies in Kenyan Nurses' Strike

A woman collapsed and died minutes after she left a hospital in which she had sought treatment. Read more »
- Kenya: Patient Dies On Discharge From Kiambu District Hospital
- Kenya: Malindi Nurses Inject Pain Into the Patients
Kenyan Nurses Allegedly Held Hostage by Hospital

Two nurses were allegedly held for more than seven hours by Kenyatta National Hospital management for inciting colleagues to join a planned strike, according to the National Nurses ... Read more »
- Kenya: Officials Held As Nurses Strike Looms
- Kenya: Don't Strike, Nurses Told By Union