Kenyan Doctors Resume Work As Strike Is Called Off
Doctors have called off the 10- day strike that paralysed medical care in hospitals across the country.
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The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacist and Dentist Union has called off the ongoing doctor's strike that had paralyzed all public hospitals ... see more »
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Doctors' Strike: Union Denies Deal
- Publisher:
- NTVKenya
- Publication Date:
- 13 December 2011
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I PRAY THAT THE DOCTORS WERE GIVEN A DIGNIFIED OFFER THAT WILL INSURE THAT KENYA STEPS INTO THE 21ST CENTURY WITH GREAT PRIDE.KENYA HAS GREAT POTENTIAL AND NEEDS TO BE THE POWERHOUSE THAT IT IS IN EAST AFRICA. THERE CAN BE NO STRENGTH IN THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY IF PEOPLE WHO STUDY AND DEDICATE ALIFE TIME IN SCHOOLS OF LEARNING ARE NOT REWARDED FOR THEIR WORKS. I BBY NO STRETECH OF THE IMAGINAGITION IS MATERIALIST WHAT I BELEIVE THAT IN ORDER TO RAISE STANDARDS OF LIVING WHERE PEOPLE CAN ALSO HELP TO PROMOTE THE LESS FORTUNATE IN OUR SOCIETIES THERE MUST BE SOME ABILITY TO DO SO AND LIVING ON BASIC WAGES AS AN EDUCTAED INDIVIDUAL IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. WHAT MAKES NATIONS SUCCED IS THE FACT THAT IT INCENTIFIES PEOPLE TO EXCELL AND BE ALL THEY CAN BE. THERE IS NO NATION IN THE WORLD THAT HAS A MONOPOLOY ON INTELLIGENCE WHAT THY DO MONOPOLISE IS THE TEACHING AND WITHHOLDING OF VIABLE TOOLS THAT CAN ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC WELL BEING OF OTHER NATIONS. AFRICA AS WE KNOW IS RICH IN HISTORY CULTURE AND RESOURCES THIS MUST BE EXPLOITED.THE WEST CAME INTO AFRICA WHICH MUST REMAIN A FOCUSED AGENDA AT ALL TIMES THEY CAME THEY DESTROYED THEY ENSLAVED THEY PLUNDERED. THESE ARE FACTS THAT MUST NEVER LEAVE THE PSYCHE OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. A PREMIERE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WILL ENABLE STRONG YOUTHS WITH STRONG MINDS. THE ABSENTS OF TRAUMA AND HUNGER INSPIRES CHILDREN TO LEARN. WHEN WE LOK AT WESTERN SOCIETIES THE CHILDREN IN WHITE HOMES DO NOT SUFFER FROM TRAUMA MALNOURISHMENT OR FROM SLEPDEPRIVATION . THEY ARE ALL HEALTHY ROSY RED CHEEKED KIDS WITH NO WORRIRES IN THE WORLD. WHY NOT SO IN AFRICA, AND WHY SHOULD THERE BE A WID DIVDE AS IF WHITE MEN STILL RULE. THIS IS THE PROBLEIM WITH POST COLONIAL AFRICA EVERYBNODY IS NEW TO MONEY. SO WE LEAVE AND SEPERATE OURSELVES FROM OUR ROOTS AND BECOME TOO BIG FOR EVERYONE ELSE. THIS IS JUST AN ILLUSION AND TO BE FACTUAL ITS NOT TRADITIONAL OF AFRICAN BEHAVIOURTS. AFRICA HAS HAD CIVILIZATIONS OF VARYING DEGREES SOME WERE HIGHLY MATERIAL SOEM WERE THOUGHT AND RULED BY PHILOSOPHY PHSYCOLOGY AND WE NAME IT WE SIS IT . WHAT HAPEENED EVENTUALY. WAS THE SOLOMAN PRINCIPLE "ALL IS VANITY "ALL IS MATERIAL . NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE WORHTY HE SAID THAT HE HAS HAD IT ALL AND NOTHING MEANT ANYTHING THE TEACHER WAS CLEAR. SO I SAY THAT AFRICA HAS HAD GREAT TEACHERS PROPHETS AND ONE THING FOR SURE THERE ARE NT MANY NATIONS OOR PEOPLE ON THE PLANT THAT HAS THE RESILLIENCE OF THE BLACK MAN. TRADITIONALY AFRICA BUILT EQUAL SOCIETIES WHERE SOME WOULD EXCEED THEIR COUNTERPARTS AND SOEM MAN WOULD HAVE THREE WIVES OR MAYBE FIVE BECAUSE HE COULD AFFORD IT. WHAT WAS ABSENT WAS ABJECT POVERTY AND THE NEED TO BEG OR BECOMME SO ISOLATED FROM SOCIETY ON A WHOLE THAT YOU WERE COMPLETELY MARGINALISED. WE SEE THESE THINGS TODAY AND WE MUST REFLECT THAT MODERNITY AS WE SEE IT CAN BE SUHERED IN WITH A FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH WHERE EVERYONE IS ACCOMDATED FRO WITHIN A MIDDLE INCOME EMPOWERMENT. THIS IS NOT UNREASONABLE. WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED IS THE NATION AND ITS NEEDDS MUST COME BEFOREINDIVIDUAL WEALTH. TAKE EXAMPLE FOM THE U.S THEY BUILT A RAIL ROAD SERVICE FROM COAST TO COAST IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THAT GOODS WOULD MOVE AND PEOPLE WOULD MOVE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT WAS COOPTED.THIS BEING SAID THERE WERE ALWAYS MANY DOCTORS ON HAND TO STEM THE FLOW OF OUTBREAKS OR DISEASES THAT COULD POSSIBLY STOP THE MOVEMENT OF PROGRESS. IAM BY NO WISE CEMENTING THE US DESIGN BUT THERE IS ALWSY MANY WAYS TO LOOK FORWARD WITHOUT GOING BACKWARDS. DOCTORS ARE INTEGRAL IN GOOD GOVERNACE THEY KEEP THE WORK FORCE HEALTHY THEY KEEP THE CHILDREN BUZZING IN SCHOOLS . THIS CAN NEVR BE A WRONG THING