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Kenya National Union of Nurses (Knun) Secretary General Seth Panyako.
There is confusion over the fate of the nurses' strike that was slated for next month after rival union officials issued contradictory statements amid a heightened tussle for control.
Kenya National Union of Nurses (Knun) Secretary General Seth Panyako Sunday said nurses will go on strike on the 22nd of next month if the issues raised with the Government will not have been addressed by then.
But Knun National Chairman Jophinus Musundi dismissed the strike notice, saying negotiations with the State were ongoing. He accused Panyako of not following the laid down procedure to issue the strike notice.
"We assure all nurses and the public that we have chosen to have dialogue and a strike will only be the last resort. In any case, the union's national governing council (NGC) has not approved the strike and what Panyako is talking about is his personal opinion.
"Nurses wish to see normalcy in the nursing profession. We have no doubt that negotiations with the Government are proceeding on well. There is absolutely no need for a strike at the moment," he said.
But in a swift rejoinder, Panyako said the strike notice was still on, accusing Musundi and his colleagues of being impostors after being expelled from their positions by the union's NGC.
He claimed Musundi had failing to appear before the NGC to answer to allegations of forgery of the union's letterhead.
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