The Labour Relations court on Thursday ordered striking Trans Nzoia nurses to return to work immediately.
Lady Justice Maurine Onyango told the nurses that they risked being jailed.
"I will not be lenient with you. I will not give you a
suspended sentence as in the case of doctors," Onyango said.
"I will jail you if you do
not end the strike," she told KNUN Trans Nzoia branch secretary general Willy Sifuna.
Sifuna was served with the order at the Kisumu court following a suit filed by Governor Patrick Khaemba.
The Governor is seeking orders to stop the nurses' strike so that health services are restored.
The nurses were supposed to resume work on
February 15.
This was after a court directed them to go back to work pending the determination of the case.
On
Friday, the nurses held a protest march in Kitale town before presenting their memorandum to county secretary Pius Munialo.
They are demanding promotions of more than 300 members and payment of allowances.
The health workers are also pushing the county to stock its hospitals with enough drugs as well as create the position of Chief County Nursing Officer.
In an earlier interview, Khaemba said the county had met 90 per cent of their needs.
The case will be heard on March 15.
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