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Doctors’ Strike Ends as KMPDU and Govt Sign Return-To-Work Agreement

Yesterday marked the end of the 56-day doctors’ strike as the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists Dentists Union signed a return-to-work agreement. The conclusion follows

May 9, 2024

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Poll Reveals Who Kenyans Blame For The Doctors’ Strike

A new poll by research firm TIFA shows that a majority of Kenyans do not support the ongoing doctors’ strike, which reached its 50th

May 3, 2024

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Striking Doctors Accuse Ruto of Using Them as Scapegoats for Wage Bill Reduction

Striking doctors have vowed to remain steadfast until the government fully honors the 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement. In a statement on Sunday, April 7th,

April 8, 2024

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Ruto Tells Striking Doctors: Paid Interns to Be Employed After One Year, Urges Living Within Means

President William Ruto has told doctors to understand that there is a limit to what the government can spend on their salaries and allowances.

April 8, 2024

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Court Directs Striking Doctors to Attend Mediation Talks at KICC

Employment and Labour Relations Court Judge Byram Ongaya has ordered all parties involved in negotiations to end the ongoing doctors’ strike to attend a

March 21, 2024

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CS Nakhumicha Sets Posting Date for Medical Interns

The Ministry of Health and the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union have reached an agreement to commence posting all interns starting from

March 19, 2024

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Medical Practitioners Declare Nationwide Strike, Outline Demands

Doctors on Monday, March 4 issued a seven-day strike notice, setting a deadline for the government to resolve all pending issues of contention by

March 5, 2024

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Nairobi Doctors to Stage Protest on Thursday

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU) declared their intention to conduct a peaceful protest in Nairobi on Thursday. In a letter

February 28, 2024

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‘We Spend 19 Hours In Hospitals, Not Bars’: Doctors Protest

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has censured Health CS Mutahi Kagwe over claims that doctors are contracting coronavirus outside health facilities.

November 25, 2020

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We Have Not Neglected Doctors: MoH

The Ministry of Health has denied allegations of neglecting Kenyan health care workers. Chief Administrative Secretary at the ministry Dr. Mercy Mwangangi on Tuesday

November 25, 2020

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Medics Issue 2-week Strike Notice Over Unresolved CBA Demands

Kenyan medics on Monday issued a two-week nationwide strike notice to the government if their grievances are not met. The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists

September 8, 2020

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Lock Them Up: Government Finally Plays Hardball With Greedy Doctors’ Officials

Some weeks back, we published an article explaining how greedy doctors’ officials had become, by declining a 50% pay rise. Of course we were

March 8, 2017

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Old Facebook Post Exposes Doctors’ Leader Ouma Oluga’s ‘Hatred’ for Kikuyus

Jubilee reportedly has 36 bloggers. I can’t quite put my fingers on where the name came from, but somehow it stuck. Never mind no

February 17, 2017

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Doctors’ Union Officials Given Two Week Ultimatum or Face Jail Term

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) officials were on Thursday sentenced to a one-month suspended jail term after they were found guilty of

January 13, 2017

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