Uasin Gishu County nurses strike over delayed payments and unfulfilled Collective Bargaining Agreement [Wycliff Kipsang, Standard]
Nurses across the 47 counties have been ordered to report back to work immediately or face legal action from the counties.
Justice Monica Mbaru of the Employment and Labour Court in Mombasa issued orders temporarily stopping the nationwide nurse strike that commenced on July 29, 2026, and ordered the Kenya National Union of Nurses and Midwives (KNUNM) to direct its members back to work.
Justice Mbaru said on Tuesday that any nurse absent from work without proper and lawful cause shall face disciplinary action.
This is after Mombasa County Government and its Public Service Board successfully enjoined the 46 county governments to make the order national.
