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Apr
04
2024
By DUNCAN MIRIRI
Kenyan doctors reject government’s offer to end strike

Kenyan doctors reject government’s offer to end strike

NEWS
KENYAN public hospital doctors rejected a government offer aimed at ending a weeks-long strike that has severely disrupted health services, their union chairman said late on Tuesday. The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), which represents more than 7,000 members, went on strike on March 15 to demand payment of their salary arrears and the immediate hiring of trainee doctors, among other grievances. The government asked the doctors to end their strike in a statement issued late on Tuesday, saying the salary arrears have been paid and that trainee doctors would be hired from Thursday this week at…
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Dec
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Kenyan doctors go on strike protesting inadequate benefits, PPEN

Kenyan doctors go on strike protesting inadequate benefits, PPEN

NEWS
OMAR MOHAMMED and GEORGE OBULUTSA DOCTORS employed in Kenya's public hospitals have gone strike, saying the government is risking their lives by forcing them to treat COVID-19 patients without adequate protection and not insuring them for treatment if they fall ill. The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union, with 7,000 members nationwide, announced their decision late on Sunday on Twitter. It said the government had not responded to grievances the union has been raising since March when the country reported its first coronavirus case. "It's about the safety and welfare of the doctors," Chibanzi Mwachonda, secretary-general of the union,…
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Aug
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Doctors in Kenyan capital end strike over pay delays, lack of PPE

Doctors in Kenyan capital end strike over pay delays, lack of PPE

COVID-19
DOCTORS employed by Kenya's Nairobi County government have resumed work following a six-day strike over delayed salaries and a lack of protective equipment when handling patients who may have COVID-19, a union official said. Thuranira Kaugiria, Nairobi County secretary-general of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union, said in a WhatsApp message the doctors had returned to work after signing an agreement with county officials on Wednesday. In the agreement, the government promised to pay doctors on the fifth day of every month, failing to which the doctors were free to stop work without notice. The agreement, seen by…
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