Nurses threaten nationwide strike as UHC funding dispute escalates between governments

In Kenya, a dispute over who bears responsibility for thousands of healthcare workers hired during the pandemic has reached a breaking point, with nurses threatening to join an existing strike on July 29 unless permanent employment and long-delayed benefits are secured. The standoff lays bare a constitutional fault line between national and county governments, each pointing to the other as the source of inaction, while 8.6 billion shillings allocated for the transition sits undelivered. What began as a labor grievance has become a test of whether devolution can function when accountability is