Kenya: Nurses Set to Go On Strike December 7

NURSES countrywide are threatening to go on strike from December 7 if the government fails to heed their call for a pay increment and improved working conditions. If the government fails to avert the strike, it will take place two days after doctors down their tools from December 5. The nurses are demanding for a 300 per cent pay hike, and hiring of more health personnel to meet the country's surging population and increased health needs. The strike notice has been issued by the Kenya Health Professionals Source