Medical practitioners in Machakos have called off the strike and agreed to get back to work.
The strike lasted three days and the health workers accepted to open the hospital doors after coming into an agreement with the county government.
The concurrence that was signed by the health workers representative and the county stated that the two sides would form a committee that would confirm the health workers dues on Wednesday.
Confirming the return-to-work formula Seth Panyako, the secretary of the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) said that the county government has promised to look into the complaints of the health workers.
Panyako therefore called on the workers to return to work as usual.
“We have agreed that the county government will remit all workers deductions as National Social security Fund (NSSF), Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and loans by the 15th of every month,” he said.
The health services had been interrupted following complaints by the health workers accusing the county government of failing to pay their deductions to the NHIF, NSSF and KRA since October last year.
The nurses’ had complained that they had been blacklisted from the different institutions due to loan repayment evasion. Secondly, those who were retiring currently had not been awarded their send-off package.