Kisumu County gov’t sues health workers over ongoing strike
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Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o during a past meeting at his office. PHOTO | COURTESY
The Kisumu County
government has now moved to court seeking to stop the ongoing healthcare
workers’ strike citing paralysis of services in key medical facilities in the
county as a result of the industrial action.
The county,
through the office of the attorney, has sued four unions namely the Kenya Union
of Nurses (KNUN), Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO), Kenya National Union
of Pharmaceutical Technologists (KNUPT), and Kenya National Union of Medical
Laboratory Officers (KNUMLO).
However, Employment
and Labour Relations Court Justice Stephen Radido did not grant the county’s
prayers to stop the ongoing strike pending a hearing and determination of the
matter.
Justice Radido
instead ordered the respondents to file and serve their responses before the
end of Monday next week and appear before him on Tuesday, April 25, for further
directions.
In court
documents, the county argues that the matter is of public importance and lives
of hundreds of thousands of Kisumu residents are at risk, citing the current Cholera
outbreak which could spiral as a result of the strike.
The county cited the
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) as having
adversely affected Kisumu as a result of the strike action, thereby putting at
risk the lives of those who are critically ill.
The healthcare
workers' strike entered the third day on Friday as medics kept off their
stations of duty with minimal activities witnessed in the affected public
hospitals.
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