Medical services were on Tuesday paralysed in Kabarnet town, Baringo county after more than 300 nurses protested over pay.
Nurses union branch chair Francis Koros led the strike and accused the Salaries and Remuneration Commission of refusing to sign Sh43.8 billion allowances proposed to them by the government.
"Don’t be cheated the government has enough money to gather for all its workers in different ministries and cadres so we shall not relent as nurses until our rights are being served to us," he said.
SRC chair Sarah Serem declined to sign the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the National Government and the Council of Governors saying the amount is too high.
Chanting ‘haki yetu-our rights’, ‘punda amechoka’, ‘no CBA no work’, and ‘employ more nurses’, protesting nurses walked around Kabarnet town singing anti-government songs as they marched to Governor Benjamin Cheboi's office, who was not in at the time.
The nurses were drawn from Baringo North, Tiaty, Mogotio, Baringo Central and Eldama-Ravine and Baringo Central subcounties.
They were also not able to meet the county Public Service Board, Health Chief Executive and the Chief Officer as their offices were locked.
They later stood to address the media declining to return to work until their issue was heard and acted on.
"We are not turning back until our CBA is signed," Koros said.
The nurses in Baringo are among 45,000 in public hospitals across the country who have gone on strike.
Patients were not attended to and many were referred to Nakuru or Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.
Six people have as the strike entered its second day.
In October last year, the Baringo county government promoted 600 nurses and promised each Sh20,000 allowances.