CBA! CBA! CBA! This has become daily chorus for a whole week as Kenya nurses went on streets in protest.
Some of the nurses are been taking to the streets to demand action on a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) their union signed with the government.
This comes barely a month before the nation could heal from the doctrors strike that went on for over three months as doctors demanded implimentation of the CBA signed on 2013.
The health workers from various parts of the country on Monday staged protests in Nairobi to push for the implementation of their Sh40 billion CBA.
Similar street protests were witnessed in Kisumu and Wajir town, with the health caregivers demanding full implementation of their pact.
The nurses claim that the County Governments are yet to pay them their arrears.
In Samburu, the county government has hired nurses from Amref Health Africa to fill the gap left by nurses on strike.
The Amref nurses are expected to enhance medical services as talks continue, according to Samburu Health Executive Peter Lolmodooni.
In Mombasa, the strike continued to hit services, with doctors and clinical officers stepping in to give care to patients at Coast Provincial General Hospital (CPGH).The medics had attended to hundreds of patients by mid-morning.