More than 400 nurses in Murang'a county were shocked to find that they had been sacked when they reported to their workstations after their strike. The five months countrywide nurses strike ended on Thursday after their Union and the governor's council signed a return to work formula.
The county said the 427 were dismissed for absconding duty. Murang'a county executive in charge of health Joseph Mbai said the nurses had been replaced after several pleas by the county government to resume work. "We appealed to them to go back to work because the sector was struggling and patients were suffering but only a few heeded to our calls," Mbai said.
He said the county government made public announcements that those who failed to report back to work would be sacked. This decision, he noted, is irreversible as the county government could not watch helplessly as patients suffered.
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