The Kenya national Union of Nurses Secretary General Seth Panyako has denied claims that the Garissa County Hospiatal have gone on strike after the Garissa University Colloge massacre.Panyako has said that the nurses have taken a seven day leave after an agreement with the Garissa county govt.
He says that the health workers are expected to resume duties over the week after the agreed seven days are over and Garissa calms down following the attack.
Speaking in Kakamega Panyako hower called on the govt to improve security in the Northern Kenya to make the workers lives a bit bearable in the region.
“Kumekuwa na fununu kwamba waunguzi na wahudumu wengine wa afya wameondoka katika hospitali ya Garissa, na hiyo si ukweli, mambo yaliyo ukweli ni kwamba wakati kisa hicho kilifanyika, walifanya mkutano na Gavana na viongozi wengine wa kaunti ya Garissa na wakasikizana kuwa watachukua likizo ya siku saba ili waende waambie wazazi wao wako salama..” Panyako said while assuring residents that the nurses are not on strike and will resume duties after seven days from Thursday last week.
At the same time relatives of the Garissa University attack victims are still streaming in Chiromo mortuary in Nairobi in a bid to identify the bodies of their kins with some complaining of missing them in the mortuary.
Those whose kin are missing are reporting to the rescue team at the Nyayo stadium with hopes that they are among who survived the attack.
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