Kiambu doctors’ strike Stories
Aden Duale noted that maternal and newborn services were among the worst affected as public hospitals scaled down operations during the industrial act...
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Under the agreement, the Kiambu County Government will immediately disburse one month of withheld salaries along with October 2025 pay, while the rema...
The prolonged strike has left many residents without access to healthcare, worsening the county’s existing drug shortages and overburdening private fa...
KMA emphasised that the protracted strike constitutes a violation of residents’ constitutional right to the highest attainable standard of health, as...
The petitioner claimed that the county had gone further to publish the names of shortlisted candidates and invite public comments by October 10, sugge...
With few psychiatrists and no proper facilities, desperate families in South Sudan are turning to prisons to confine loved ones battling mental illnes...
KMPDU Secretary-General Davji Atellah urged MPs to summon Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi and other county officials over what the union terms persis...
KMPDU Secretary General Dr Davji Atellah said the strike is the result of repeated failures by the county to meet court orders issued last year.
Doctors in Kiambu County have been on strike for the past four months, demanding salaries that are seven months overdue.
Highlighting the county’s performance, Mbuthia noted that Kiambu Level V Hospital was recognised at the United Nations General Assembly for recording...
Among the key outcomes, contracted doctors will be confirmed to permanent and pensionable terms in the next financial year, doctors will be promoted t...
The payment concludes the Sh3.75 billion owed under the 2017–2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), following the first instalment released in De...
Over 650 injured people, who have managed to escape from El Fasher, have arrived at the MSF-supported hospital located 60 kilometres away from the bes...
They added that several of the hostages were later freed after ransom payments were arranged through local intermediaries.
Eyewitnesses said the aircraft was seen emitting smoke from one side and that they heard engine noises moments before it came crashing down in a high-...
Kenya, being the country where the aircraft was registered, operated and where the accident took place, is required to notify the countries responsibl...
Atellah explained that the ministry had cleared arrears for 420 government-sponsored registrars in 2018 after negotiations with the union.
Songok noted that KEMRI’s facilities and expertise would be mobilised immediately to carry out the tests.
AMREF CEO and Accountable Manager Stephen Gitau said the crew were Captain Muthuka Munuve and Captain Brian Kimani Miaro, while medics, Dr Charles Mug...
Speaking at the crash site on Friday morning, Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi said the extent of damage to people’s homes suggested the aircraft had...
KCAA said that the Cessna Citation XLS, registration 5Y-FDM, lost radio and radar contact with Air Traffic Control at 2:17 pm, approximately three min...
Should the strike proceed, it threatens to shut down public hospitals, including Kenyatta National Hospital and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, je...
MSF is now calling for accountability and firm guarantees of staff safety from authorities and all parties involved in the conflict, including armed g...
CoG Health Committee Chairperson and Tharaka Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki said the situation has been made worse by a growing trend where health worke...
Mitochondrial diseases affect the parts of cells that produce energy, leading to muscle weakness, brain damage, heart problems, seizures, blindness an...
The victims, all wearing MSF vests, were reportedly shot multiple times at close range, and their bodies were later found approximately 400 meters fro...
The industrial action, which began on June 29, had crippled key health services across public facilities, leaving patients stranded and prompting wide...
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale said the closures are meant to eliminate quacks and restore public confidence in health services.
Data from MSF Sudan shows that the organisation responded to 659 survivors of sexual violence in South Darfur between January 2024 and March 2025.
