Nurses takes on doctors over management positions in public hospitals

Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) Secretary General Seth Panyako addressing a press conference in reaction on the brutal murder of a patient in Kenyatta National hospital which led to interdiction, arrest and arraignment of four health staff. [Photo by Willis Awandu/Standard]

Nurses have gone to court to try to stop the implementation of the new Health Act.

The Kenya National Union of Nurses (Knun) argued that the Health Act (2017) was deliberately designed to favour doctors in top management positions in public hospitals while discriminating against nurses despite the fact that they were key stakeholders in the provision of healthcare.