Over 180 Nakuru County Nurses are an unhappy lot.
For the past three months, the nurses who were employed on a contract basis in 2016 have not received their pay.
"We can't pay rent. Our children have been sent away from school, we can't afford to feed our families or even pay household bills," says George Maina, a nurse at Nakuru Level Five hospital.
To make matters worse, although they offer medical services to the general public, they cannot access the same services.
This is due to the fact that the employer has not been remitting money to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) although deductions are always made.
"Although all the statutory deductions are done from our salary, the same is not remitted and we wonder what happens to the monies," says Virginia King'ori, another nurse at the facility.
The nurses made the revelations when presenting their grievances to the office of the Nakuru County Senator, Susan Kihika on Monday morning.
A statement made available to the press by one of the nurses shows that the last remittance to NSSF was done in March 2017.
"The same applies to NHIF and KRA. Where does this money go?" asks Virginia.
They also claim they were left out of a deal for a better contract at the PGH.
"We were asked not to apply for these jobs although we were all qualified. We even have experience at our workstations making us the most qualified. However, when we asked our bosses, we were advised not to apply," one of the nurses said.
They now want Senator Susan Kihika to follow up on the issue.
"We have been to all offices without success. Today, we have come to bring our grievances to the office of Senator Susan Kihika who is our only hope now," a nurse said.
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