'Barbaric and unconstitutional': Nurses cry foul over brutal assault in Siaya strike

Kisumu County nurses on the streets after downing their tools to demand their salary increment. [Michael Mute, Standard]

Nurses across the country have condemned the attack on their colleagues in Siaya County who were physically assaulted while demonstrating on Tuesday.

Speaking on Wednesday during a press briefing at their union offices in Nairobi, leaders of the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) expressed disappointment with the “terror unleashed” on their counterparts as they demanded their rights.