Nurses in Kenya have ended a 41-day nationwide strike following marathon negotiations with the Council of Governors. According to the Eastleigh Voice, KNUNM Secretary-General Seth Panyako directed nurses to return to their workplaces within 24 hours after the talks concluded. The strike had disrupted health services across the country, and the directive signals a resumption of normal operations in public health facilities.

Kenya’s nurses are expected to end a five-week nationwide strike after the Council of Governors agreed to increase risk and uniform allowances, according to Tuko. President William Ruto confirmed the agreement and congratulated the parties, signaling a return to work after disruption to public health services. The reported deal centers on allowance increases, with implementation details still to be clarified by national and county officials.

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the national government to resolve the ongoing nurses' strike, warning that doctors will join the walkout if the standoff continues. According to KMPDU Secretary General Dr Davji Bhimji Atellah, the strike has disrupted essential health services nationwide and left public hospitals under severe strain, according to Khusoko.

Doctors in Kenya have threatened to join a nurses' strike now in its sixth week, citing increased workloads in hospitals strained by the walkout. The nurses are demanding implementation of a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a six-month strike, which the government says remains unfulfilled due to budgetary constraints. Nurses and other health workers demonstrated over low pay in Nairobi on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.

Kenyan nurses and midwives plan to march to the Council of Governors headquarters as part of a nationwide strike. According to a union notice dated September 4, cited by the Eastleigh Voice, the union intends to mobilise about 9,400 nurses and midwives, with 200 representatives drawn from each of Kenya’s 47 counties, for the planned demonstration.

The Mombasa governor has been issued a seven-day ultimatum to resolve a nurses' strike that has continued for 40 days, according to the Eastleigh Voice. The prolonged industrial action has disrupted health services in the coastal county. Salma Hemed, Executive Director of the She Rises Foundation, said the disruption had affected women seeking maternity services as well as patients requiring emergency treatment. The ultimatum adds pressure on county authorities to reach an agreement with striking health workers.