Migori governor Okoth Obado on Tuesday instructed nurses in the county to resume their duties, terming their ongoing strike illegal.
Obado told the press at his office that the nurses who do not heed to the get-back-to-work order will be disciplined.
"The strike remains illegal. The county has met all the demands of the nurses. The union leaders are misdirecting their efforts wrongly," Obado said.
He said the claim that nurse's promotion letters were fake borders on political interference.
"They cannot complain that promotion letters from government are fake. We advise the nurses to avoid being used by political idlers," he said.
But the nurses at the county said they will continue with the work boycott until matters of unaccounted deductions from their payslips is addressed.
Moses Mariga,
assistant KNUN chairman - Migor branch, said they want to see promotions translate to increased pay.
"Our members were only promoted on paper. The Migori county public service board only promoted 306 health staffs after a strike notice dated August 15," Mariga said.
Alex Otieno, the county union of civil servants secretary, said other workers will also join the strike over similar grievances.
"The nurses have set the pace and we expect more strikes from other departments due to shambolic promotion," Otieno said.
