Nurses union bosses in chaotic altercation on live TV

A press conference by the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) to address the ongoing nurses’ strike turning chaotic with opposing members almost exchanging blows following disagreements over who should address the strike.

The KNUN national chairman, John Bii, had called for a media briefing to address the strike that is now in its third week when a faction led by Deputy Secretary General, who is also the Ag. Secretary General, Maurice Opetu, stormed the meeting.

Mr Opetu and his team have consistently held that the Chairman (Mr Bii) and Secretary General, Seth Panyako, of being compromised and using their positions for political mileage.

The Opetu-led faction confronted Mr Bii’s team on live TV threatening to rough him and his team up if he did not stop the address and leave the venue.

For over five minutes, the members were involved in a heated verbal altercation with some members threatening to go physical.

It took the intervention of the police to quell the altercation forcing Mr Bii and his team to leave the venue.

Mr Opetu and team accused Mr Bii of pocketing money from the government to call off the strike, something the later has always refuted.