Public hospital doctors in Kenya have turned down a government proposal aimed at resolving a prolonged strike that has disrupted healthcare services.
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists Union (KMPDU) initiated the strike on March 14 due to issues such as unpaid salary arrears, delays in deploying medical interns, and other grievances.
In a recent development, the government urged the doctors to conclude their strike, assuring that salary arrears had been settled and medical interns would be recruited starting this Thursday.
Abidan Mwachi, the chairman of KMPDU, rejected the government’s proposals on the social media platform X, stating that they do not align with a collective bargaining agreement established in 2017 during a previous three-month doctors’ strike.