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Kenya: Doctors' Deal Untenable, MPs Told
Nation, 23 February 2017
The deal struck between the doctors' union and the government in 2013 was fraudulent, therefore making it untenable. Read more »
2013 Deal Struck Between Kenyan Doctors, Govt 'Fraudulent'
A former permanent secretary in the Ministry of Public Sanitation, Mark Bor, has told the National Assembly's joint committee on health and labour that he signed the Collective Bargaining Agreement after he had left office, and on the basis that it was a "transitional document" to be amended on being registered.
A police officer walks past demonstrating public hospital doctors (file photo)
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Kenya: Govt to Pay Increment for Doctors for 6 Months Only
Nation, 22 February 2017
The national government will pay any salary rise given to doctors and nurses for only six months and then leave counties to take care of their health workers. Read more »
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Kenya: National Assembly Joins Efforts to End Doctors' Strike
Nation, 22 February 2017
As the team negotiating a possible end to the doctors' strike take a break, efforts in Parliament to end the devastating downing of tools are set to continue, with three committees… Read more »
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Kenya: Is Salaries 'Only One' of 31 Items in Striking Doctors Deal?
Africa Check, 22 February 2017
A commentator on Kenyan national television said that only one of the demands by the country's long-striking doctors was about pay. We dissected the agreement at the centre of the… Read more »
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Kenya: Why Doctors Are Sticking to Their Guns
The Conversation Africa, 20 February 2017
The doctor's strike in Kenya has been going on for nearly three months, and both sides are digging in. The government is refusing to give in to the doctors' demand and has gone as… Read more »
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The new panel of negotiators will be led by a team from the Law Society of Kenya and the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights. Read more »
