{"id":49,"date":"2026-07-14T18:31:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/?p=49"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:31:27","slug":"laikipia-nurses-strike-paralyzes-publichealthcare-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"Laikipia Nurses&#8217; Strike Paralyzes PublicHealthcare Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By :faith Jackson, 13th July, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public healthcare services in Laikipia County have been severely disrupted following an ongoing nurses&#8217; strike that entered its 27th day on Sunday, July 12, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strike, which began on June 16, has affected operations in public hospitals, forcing many patients to seek treatment in private facilities or travel to neighbouring counties for medical care.<br>The nurses, under the Kenya National Union of Nurses and Midwives (KNUNM), are demanding payment of seven months&#8217; salary arrears, promotions, better medical cover, and the employment of more healthcare workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-14-at-19.28.26-1024x537.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-14-at-19.28.26-1024x537.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-14-at-19.28.26-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-14-at-19.28.26-768x403.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-14-at-19.28.26.jpeg 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Laikipia nurses striking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They have also raised concerns over staff shortages, poor working conditions, lack of essential equipment, and delays in implementing agreed employment terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laikipia Governor Joshua Irungu is facing pressure to resolve the dispute and restore normal healthcare services in the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">County officials and union leaders are expected to continue negotiations in an effort to end the strike and ensure patients can access essential medical services once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ends\u2026. #health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify mb-2\" >By :faith Jackson, 13th July, 2026 Public healthcare services in Laikipia County have been severely disrupted following an ongoing nurses&#8217; strike that entered its 27th day on Sunday, July 12, 2026. The strike, which began on June 16, has affected operations in public hospitals, forcing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}