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    "id": 764383,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " The Statement was provided by the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Health. The Statement sought that we indicate the cumulative period in which nurses in public hospitals in the country have been on strike for the last five years. The nurses have been on strike for 191days cumulatively for the past five years. The Senator also wanted us to table the scheme of service for nurses and the respective salaries and allowances for each job group under the scheme. Attached is the current scheme of service for nurses and the commensurate basic salaries and allowances for each grade which was also shared with the Senator. The Senator also wanted an explanation as to whom between the National Government and the Council of Governors (CoG) is mandated to negotiate and sign the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN). It is the mandate of the respective employers to negotiate and sign CBAs with KNUN. The Ministry negotiates and signs for nurses only employed by the Ministry of Health, while the respective county governments negotiate for nurses in their employment. The Statement also sought why the strike by the nurses has taken too long to resolve. The strike by nurses was called off on 2nd November, 2017. The strike took long to resolve because the cost of demands by the nurses could not be absorbed by the Government. The nurses persisted with their demands even as the Government made counter offers that it could afford. The Senator also wanted us to table the list of counties where nurses in public hospitals are currently on strike and the counties whose nurses are not on strike. Currently, the strike has been called off and all the nurses are now back to work at both levels of Government. The nurses performing duties under the national Government resumed duty way earlier in September 2017, while those under the county government resumed duty on 2nd November, 2017. The Statement also sought an explanation regarding the measures the Government has put in place to alleviate the suffering of patients during the period when nurses are on strike. During the strike the Government took the following measures to alleviate the suffering of patients:- (a) We supported faith based health facilities and hospitals with free commodities on the understanding that they would offer services to patients referred from the public hospitals. (b) A number of counties hired nurses on short-term basis as a stop-gap measure, while negotiations with the KNUN were ongoing. The Statement also sought an explanation regarding the measures that the Government has put in place to bring the strike by nurses and other medical professionals to an end. Currently, there are no medical professionals on strike. The strike by nurses was called off on 2nd November, 2017 after an agreement was reached with the KNUN. The measures that were put in place to end the strike include the following:"
}