Strikes bode ill for the country, sort out differences amicably

There might have been a lull, but the threat of industrial action by various groups of Kenyan workers still looms large.

Kenyans are not likely to forget the drawn out industrial action by nurses in 2017 that lasted five months, the cause of which was the government reneging on a Comprehensive Bargaining Agreement (CBA). This strike, coming shortly after doctors had staged a 100-day strike in December, devastated the health sector.