Council of Governors officials meeting nurses' union leaders on November 14, 2017. [Photo/@KenyaGovernors]
The Council of Governors and nurses’ union leaders are set to hold talks o the Collective Bargaining Agreement that led to the 151-day strike.
The nurses and CoG signed a return-to-work agreement two weeks ago to end the strike.
The agreement requires that the CBA be ready by December 2, 2017.
A statement from the CoG on Tuesday said representatives from both sides spent the whole day deliberating on the new CBA.
“This is part of the return-to-work formula reached by the parties that ended the strike,” said CoG chairman Josphat Nanok.
The nurses were represented by Kenya National Union of Nurse's deputy secretary general Maurice Opetu and vice-chairman Joseph Ngwassi, while CoG was represented by the county public service boards.
Nurses had been on strike for more than 100 days when the agreement was reached. They went on strike on June 5.
Nanok said the strike began before talks on a new CBA were concluded.
“It is notable that the nurses went on strike while the negotiations on their CBA were taking place. This was an act of bad faith,” Nanok said.