Kenyan Police Hunt for Doctors' Union Officials
Medical workers insist they won't return to work unless the government begins a full implementation of a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2013, which promised doctors a 100% salary increase for low income earners and about 75% for high paid staffers.
Doctors at the Nakuru Level Five Hospital demonstrate (file photo)
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Kenya:
'Go Ahead, Sack Us," Doctors Tell Govt
DW, 10 January 2017
In response to a government ultimatum, Kenyan medical workers said on Tuesday they won't resume work. This is one of the worst strikes to have paralyzed operations in public… Read more »
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Kenya:
If Anyone Is Being Sacked Soon It's You, Doctors Tell Governors
Capital FM, 10 January 2017
Striking doctors have dared Governors to make good their threat to sack them this Wednesday, vowing that they will not go back to work until the Collective Bargaining Agreement… Read more »
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Kenya:
Doctors Warm Up for Bruising Legal Battle With Government
Nation, 10 January 2017
Doctors were on Tuesday evening warming up for a bruising legal battle with the government after a court ordered the arrest of their union officials for contempt of court, but who… Read more »
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Kenya:
Nairobi Doctors on Strike to Be Sacked on Friday, Kidero Says
Nation, 10 January 2017
Nairobi County government will sack striking doctors by Friday if they do not return to work, Governor Evans Kidero has warned. Read more »
InFocus
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The arrest warrants against Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union officials come a day after the Council of Governors ordered doctors to resume work or face the sack. Read more »