Court orders Kisumu medics back to work

Medics in Kisumu County have been directed to get back to work.

The medics have been on strike for a week.

They went on strike last week to push for salary payment, by the County government of Kisumu.

On Friday last week, governor Anyang' Nyong'o's administration through the county attorney, moved to the Labour Relations Court in Kisumu, and sued four medics unions in respect to the effects of the strike.

The unions are: Kenya Union of Nurses (KNUN), Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO), Kenya National Union of Pharmaceutical Technologists (KNUPT), and Kenya National Union of Medical Laboratory Officers (KNUMLO).

On Tuesday, Lady Justice Christine Baari ruled in favour of the Kisumu County government.

She ordered the medics to make their back to work with immediate effect, to ease the burden and suffering patients are facing in public hospitals.

"In the Interim, a temporary order of injunction is hereby issued restraining the respondents and their members from carrying on and or continuing with the strike action that is said to have commenced on 19/4/2023 and that they are forthwith directed to resume their duties until the application herein is heard and finally determined," she ruled.

Additionally, the Lady Justice ordered Kisumu County government to pay the medics their salaries, by May 04, 2023.

The medics say they have not been paid their salaries for two months and counting.

Kisumu is currently battling a cholera outbr