Nakuru leaders led by Governor Lee Kinyanjui (centre, front row) addressing journalists in Nakuru town. [Photo: The Star]Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui has said that there will be no pay for nurses who resumed work recently after a prolonged strike.Kinyanjui said the nurses were illegally on strike and even after being directed to report to work by the Council of Governors, they did not return to work. "They are now demanding for pay for work they did not deliver. I, however, promise to meet with them on Monday to find a way forward," Kinyanjui said on Tuesday.The more than 1,200 nurses under the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) are demanding to be paid their three months salary arrears.They were among the health workers who went on more than four months strike.The county government continue to withhold their salaries but their counterparts in other counties have received their pay.Syprene Odera, the Nakuru branch secretary general, said there is no clear communication from the employer on the matter.“The nurses have not received salaries for the months of August, September and October despite the county government promising to make a lump sum payment this month. There has been no response to our demand and our letters have been ignored, ” she said as quoted by the Star on Wednesday.
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