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Beyond the applause: Inside Kenya’s nurses and midwives shortage crisis

Nurses holding hands during a strike in Eldoret City Uasin Gishu County on December 23, 2024, over lack of lack of promotions, non-implementation of their pay in accordance with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, among other grievances.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

By  ABEDNEGO ONGESO

Senior Instructor

Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery, EA

Nurses and midwives are the steady hands in emergencies, the calm voices in crisis, and the constant presence at life’s most vulnerable moments.

Yet beyond the applause lies a harder truth: too few professionals are carrying too much of the burden.

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