Tharaka Nithi nurses down tools for the fourteenth time

Kenya National Union of Nurses Tharaka Nithi Secretary Kenneth Micheni addressing Journalists at Chuka Refferal Hospital. He said all health workers should boycott duty until they receive official communication from the union. [PHOTO: KEVIN NGAI/STANDARD]

Health services have been paralysed in major public hospital's in Tharaka-Nithi as nurses down their tools for the fourteenth time, citing reluctance by the county government to address their grievances.

Speaking to the Standard, Kenya National Union of Nurses branch secretary Kenneth Micheni said the nurses have been demanding for promotions, salary increment, remittance of statutory deductions and improvement of working conditions, since health was devolved in 2013 without yielding any fruit's.