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Kenya: Nurses in a Fix as Governors, Court Term Strike Illegal
Nation, 3 September 2017
Patients will have to wait longer for services at public hospitals as the tussle between nurses and governors continues. Read more »
Court Terms Kenya Nurses' Strike Illegal
The governors have taken a hardline decision, threatening to sack nurses who do not return to work by September 8. The Employment and Labour Relations Court has also affirmed the county chiefs' decision and declared the three-month strike illegal.
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Kenya: Work-Based Pay Mode in Focus as Governors Sack Staff at Will
Nation, 3 September 2017
Public service employment is donning a new face, with incoming governors insisting on paying based on work done rather than on the traditional 30-day system. Read more »
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Kenya: Court Declares Nurses' Strike Illegal
Nation, 1 September 2017
The Employment and Labour Relations Court on Friday declared the nurses' strike illegal. Read more »
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Kenya: Governors Give Nurses a Week to Go Back to Work
Nation, 1 September 2017
Governors have given nurses a week to return to work or face sacking. Read more »
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Kenya: Newly Elected Governors Give Striking Nurses September 8 Ultimatum
Capital FM, 31 August 2017
County governments have given striking nurses until September 8 to return to work or face the sack. Read more »
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Kenya: Church Tells Govt to Talk to Striking Nurses
CISA, 25 August 2017
Bishop Cornelius Korir, of the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret has called on the government to dialogue with the striking nurses to end strike. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenyatta, Governors Urge Nurses to End Strike
Nation, 24 August 2017
The Council of Governors (CoG) has asked nurses' union to call off a biting nationwide strike that has crippled health services in public hospitals before a job re-evaluation is… Read more »
InFocus
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The strike has seen the suspension of in-patient services in most public hospitals, forcing patients to go to private facilities. Nurses are protesting against the ... Read more »
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Nurses have cited frustration with the government's non-implementation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement deal made with both the national and county governments in June. They ... Read more »
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The United Nations Children's Fund agency says the nurses' strike that has entered its 23rd day has impeded the response to disease outbreaks being reported in several parts of the ... Read more »
