Busia County Health and Sanitation Chief Officer Akisa Ekisa during World Contraceptive Day at Nangina Dispensary, September 26, 2017. [Photo|Busia County Government]
Busia County Health and Sanitation Chief Officer Akisa Ekisa has revealed that Nurses and Clinical Officers' strike will be solved soon after the County government convenes a meeting with their union leaders.
Speaking during World Contraceptive Day at Nangina Dispensary on Tuesday, Ekisa said the Deputy Governor Moses Mulomi had promised to bring the striking medics to the negotiating table as soon as possible.
"The County government is determined to bring to an end the on-going strike and make Busia the only County where the health workers will no-longer be affected by national strikes. The move today by some Nurses to support us during the World Contraception Day was a confirmation that they too want this problem solved without further delay," she said.
Ekisa noted Busia was on record as the first County to undertake promotion of health workers, adding that they also want to be among few counties that will end the stalemate for the sake of the suffering residents.
Busia County First Lady Judy Ojaamong said to agree was the best way forward in ending the strike.
Judy said the nurses deserved some allowance considering the high cost of living, thus the need to come to the negotiating table to agree on some teething issues affecting them.
Nangina Ward MCA John Obwogo called on the Medical Administrators to engage the two unions in talks to end the strike which he said has cost the lives of many county residents.
"We need to take the bull by the horn to end the stalemate. Busia inherited the baggage from the National Government with many medics not promoted for years. We started the exercise which is going on gradually," he said.