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KMPDU Deputy Secretary General Dennis Miskellah speaks to The Eastleigh Voice on why medics are too poor to afford the very services they render.
The strike, which began on February 27, 2025, has been called off following the successful resolution of all nine demands made by KMPDU.
KMPDU also raised concerns about the hospital’s failure to promote senior doctors and its neglect to register the 2021-2025 CBA.
The Kenya Hospital Association has accused the hospital of operating under conflicts of interest, cronyism, and nepotism.
We cannot continue to watch our workers struggle to get to work while their salaries and welfare are ignored
The protest drew significant public support, highlighting widespread frustration with the state where the country's healthcare system is concerned.
The talks centred on human resource standards and challenges in the way of the universal health coverage (UHC) mission.
The deal does not fulfil their demands regarding the matter of internship postings for medical graduates.
Kenya is grappling with a significant healthcare crisis as workers continue to strike, demanding better working conditions.
The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) underscored the enduring grievances against the government, which are yet to be...
The healthcare system has long been overburdened and underfunded, but it has ground to a near halt after about 7,000 professionals walked off the job.
Government officials say they are heading to court to seek clearance to have all the medics fired and replaced.
Doctors' representatives decline to attend meeting called by Head of Public Service Felix Koskei.
KMPDU say they follow proper channels to ensure peaceful demonstrations but are met with threats of force and intimidation.
Despite a plea from Head of Public Service Felix Koskei to halt their strike pending government engagement, the doctors remain steadfast in their reso...
CS says striking doctors have attempted to intimidate and threaten violence against health workers who have opted out of the "unlawful" industrial act...
The doctors have accused the county leadership of lacking goodwill in solving their issues.
Led by party leader Raila Odinga, they accuse the government of responding inadequately to a serious crisis.
The doctors rejected the proposal, asserting that it did not meet the terms outlined in the 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
The medics condemned recent threats issued by various county governors, management of national referral hospitals and Ministry of Health demanding doc...
The governors of the respective counties stressed the significance of prioritising patient care and ensuring continuity of vital medical services.
The clinical officers had issued a seven-day strike notice to the government over grievances that they say have not been addressed.
The doctors were aggrieved by reports of governors using divide-and-rule tactics to intimidate and coerce them from striking.
CoG chair Anne Waiguru noted that a court declared the industrial action illegal, hence the need for the doctors to return to work.
The medics are now calling for a meeting with President William Ruto as they seek a resolution to end the stalemate.
Medics claim the President was being fed wrong information about the nationwide strike.
The meeting christened as a whole-of-nation-approach dialogue called to find an amicable ground on the stalemate between doctors and the government ov...
A spot check at the facility shows only a few nurses doing rounds with patients lamenting that they have not seen doctors since last week as others op...
The medics said it was unfortunate that instead of meeting their demands, the county government had resorted to threats and intimidation of doctors at...
KNH had sought orders to stop the industrial action to allow a conciliation between the KMPDU - the doctors' union and their employers within 30 days.
