{"id":2224,"date":"2026-04-12T13:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:16:39","slug":"2224","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=2224","title":{"rendered":"KNH Services to be paralysed as Nurses Boycott Duty Over Pay Crisis\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cKNH Services to Grind to a Halt as Nurses Boycott Duty Over Pay Crisis\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>By Jeff Kizzilah\/Digital Editor <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000fd1871fdb7bbc7e240d55d4f.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2225\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000fd1871fdb7bbc7e240d55d4f-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000fd1871fdb7bbc7e240d55d4f-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000fd1871fdb7bbc7e240d55d4f-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000fd1871fdb7bbc7e240d55d4f-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000fd1871fdb7bbc7e240d55d4f.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The (KNUN) has announced a major industrial action set to disrupt operations at (KNH), with nurses declaring they will not report to work starting Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking through Secretary General , the union cited long-standing grievances including delayed salaries, unpaid pensions, and the continued exploitation of nurses under prolonged casual employment terms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>KNUN warned that the situation has reached a breaking point, accusing authorities of ignoring repeated calls to address the welfare of frontline healthcare workers. The union emphasized that nurses can no longer continue working under what it described as \u201cinhumane and demoralizing conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government must take immediate responsibility. Our members have families, obligations, and a right to dignified employment,\u201d said Panyako.<\/p>\n<p>The industrial action is expected to paralyze critical services at the country\u2019s largest referral hospital, raising concerns over patient care and emergency response capacity.<\/p>\n<p>KNUN has maintained that the strike will proceed until concrete measures are taken to resolve the issues, urging the government to act swiftly to avert a full-blown healthcare crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cKNH Services to Grind to a Halt as Nurses Boycott Duty Over Pay Crisis\u201d By Jeff Kizzilah\/Digital Editor The (KNUN) has announced a major industrial&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-latest-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2224"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2227,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224\/revisions\/2227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}