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43 days of pain as nurses strike leaves 522 dead

KNUNM Secretary General Seth Panyako addresses the Press after signing a return-to-work agreement to end the nurses strike at Delta House in Nairobi on September 9, 2026. [Edward Kiplimo Standard].

For 43 days, Kenya’s public health system was paralysed by a nurses’ strike—a crisis marked by immense pain, suffering and loss of life.

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