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Kenya: Doctors' Strike Continues
Capital FM, 5 January 2017
Striking doctors are yet to go back to work even after being offered an enhanced pay package that would cost the Treasury an additional Sh4 billion every year. Read more »
Kenya Doctors' Strike Spills Over Into 2017
Striking doctors are yet to go back to work after the government offered them an increase of 40% in order to end their month-long action.
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Kenya: Doctors to Assess State's Pay Deal to End Strike
Nation, 5 January 2017
The government has offered doctors a pay hike of more than 40 per cent to end their month-long strike. Read more »
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Kenya: Statement on the Doctors' Strike
Kenya Presidency, 4 January 2017
The Government today held a day-long meeting with representatives of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) in continuing efforts to end the ongoing strike by… Read more »
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Kenya: 10 Year-Old Dies as Doctors' Strike Chokes Healthcare
Capital FM, 4 January 2017
By the time we spoke to 28 year old Christine Mbulwa, she had little hope if none at all. Read more »
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Kenya: President Meets Doctors Over Strike
Nation, 4 January 2017
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPPDU) led by Secretary General Ouma Oluga and the negotiation team from the government are meeting President… Read more »
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Kenya: President Kenyatta to Meet Doctors, Ministry Officials Over Strike
Capital FM, 4 January 2017
President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Wednesday set to meet with striking doctors and Ministry of Health officials in a bid to end the strike that has paralysed services in public… Read more »
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Kenya: Seven Counties Yet to Pay Their Doctors, Says Union
Nation, 3 January 2017
Seven counties have not paid more than 300 striking doctors their December salaries, the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has disclosed. Read more »
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Kenya: Hospital Urges State to End Doctors' Strike
Nation, 2 January 2017
A mission hospital in Meru has reached out to the Kenya Red Cross and other industry players to assist in treating patients as the doctors' strike persists. Read more »
InFocus
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Some governors say they will withhold december salaries of doctors who have been on strike while others say they are yet to decide whether to release the salaries or not. Read more »
