KNUN Secretary General Seth Panyako addressing union members while on strike. [Photo/nation]
The Health sector in the country has been on it's knees for close to four months now as many loses of lives are reported across the country.
Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) started off with seven demands but intervention into the deadlock has seen them narrow them down to three.
KNUN secretary general Seth Panyako today said the strike shall continue for as long as their demands are not met by their employers.
Top on their demands is the health risk allowance which would see of them take home and additional Sh 15,400 if granted.
The union members also are seeking to be awarded uniform allowance as so as to be professional and clean as the KNUN Nariobi General Secretary Boaz Onchari puts it.
"We work even in the maternity wing and with the kind of work here,one does not expect me with the same uniform at work," says Mr Onchari.
The third demand they are seeking to have met before calling off the strike is a review of their job grading system which currently scales them on semi-skilled cadre.
The nurses term this as unfair and want to be considered as professionals distinct in their duties to the health secror.