OVER 20 NURSES INJURED IN BRUTAL ATTACK BY HIRED GOONS DURING SIAYA STRIKE

Striking nurses in Siaya were injured in an alleged attack by hired goons. More than 20 nurses were severely injured when a group of goons turned on them at the Siaya county government headquarters, beating them mercilessly. The injured were part of a group of nurses who were demonstrating outside the governor’s office in protest over a myriad of grievances against their employer. They had demonstrated along the Siayab town streets carrying placards and twigs while condemning the county bosses of turning deaf to their grievances, among them failure to release third party deductions to various statutory bodies, banks and cooperative societies before heading to the governors office where they were locked out