Patients in Nairobi County have received a reprieve after Governor Mike Sonko reached an agreement with the nurses.
The first-term governor has revealed that the county government will pay all the nurses their increased allowances after they issued a strike notice.
Sonko also said that the county government will take into account the issue of stalled promotion at different health facilities in a bid to better service delivery.
He took to social media to share details of the meeting.
“During a meeting with Nairobi City County nurses at City Hall. My administration reached a deal with the health workers over their long-standing grievances. My County Gov’t will pay the nurses increased allowances and also effect stalled promotions among other issues,” he said.
Kenya National Union of Nurses General Secretary Seth Panyako on Saturday had announced that nurses across the country were set to strike because of the county governments' failure to listen to their grievances.
The strike was set to affect all the counties except Mombasa, Migori and Machakos counties where the governments had responded positively.
The nurses claimed that their grievances had been ignored even after they sought assistance from the court. They had pledged not to return to work until the governments address their concerns.
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