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Kenya: Nurses' work boycott ends after Sh7b deal

FROM LEFT: Kenya National Union of Nurses officials John Bii, Seth Panyako, Maurice Opetu Odhiambo and Agnes Munderu. Nurses have been given allowances of Sh15,000 and Sh20,000. (PHOTO: WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/ STANDARD)

The week-long nurses strike was yesterday called off following the signing of a Sh7 billion pay deal which left their union split down the middle.

This was after some Kenya National Union of Nurses officials okayed the deal which gave the 29,000 nurses an additional allowance of between Sh15,000 and Sh20,000, without a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), to the chagrin of the union's secretary general, Seth Panyako, who boycotted the deal's signing.

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