After Uhuru's celebrated visit in Kisii for the first time since the handshake took place, the clinical officers now sound a warning to the Kisii County government for the impending strike if their demands will not be well catered for.
The warning came just a day after Uhuru's visit who said that the government has no money to give the striking nurses. This sounded a hit to the nurses who have been striking in Kisii before Uhuru's visit.
However, the clinical officers through the Secretary of their union, Kisii branch Victor Bwanchete, said that although the president said in his speech that there is no money for the striking nurses, the nurses should be paid as per their demands.
Bwanchete also said that the clinical officers are giving the county government a span of 30 days to act on their demands or also down their tools. He gave his account on what they (clinical officers) go through in theatre while other civil servants drive nice and big cars.
"Although the president said that there is no money to be added to striking nurses, as clinical officers we have our demands and therefore we must come to the table and negotiate,” Bwanchete said.
“We have the commissioners who earn a lot of money while the clinical officers offering essential services live miserable lives. I wish our prominent leaders would come to theatre for a day and see the problems we pass through. We inject ourselves accidentally, some of us get beaten with patients while in theatre. We are exposed to many risks unlike those people who drive big cars,” he added.