Kenya's health system is facing significant challenges as the doctors' strike enters its fourth week, with the government remaining firm against the doctors' demands for increased pay. Raila Odinga has called on the government to reinstate a Ksh.206,000 salary for intern doctors to end the strike. The Kenya Medical Association (KMA) has threatened to extend the strike to private hospitals, escalating the situation further. Government officials have urged the doctors to call off the strike and warned of consequences, while also indicating openness to dialogue. The strike has had wide-ranging impacts, including affecting court cases and prompting Kiambu County to stop processing salaries for absent doctors.
Governor Wamatangi: Kiambu County will not process salaries for absent doctors https://t.co/DFYJVzbK8g
Kiambu stops paying striking doctors https://t.co/sMed1HMzZv
200 cartons of assorted medicine seized from 400 premises inspected following a directive by the gov't, Pharmacy and Poisons Board says https://t.co/1bd0BTgjGV
Kakamega doctors take to streets hours after Barasa sack threat https://t.co/GzKldPDmdb
How doctors’ strike is affecting court cases https://t.co/OQgH6EioML
No meeting unless you suspend strike: Felix Koskei tells doctors https://t.co/kwPuIYz0I5
Irene Mayaka – Nominated MP: The country is headed in the wrong direction. We have extremely high taxes, yet there's no improvement in terms of infrastructure, there are insecurity issues and fake fertilizers. If I were the government, I would take the poll and go through the… https://t.co/23hn8uaVG7
Fredrick Okang’o – Secretary Political Affairs, Azimio: The Infotrack poll reflects the state of the nation. How does the government expect the people of Kenya to agree that the country is headed in the right direction while the agriculture farm input they promised to subsidies… https://t.co/iAgTnDzOWA
Fredrick Okang’o – Secretary Political Affairs, Azimio: The Infotrack poll reflects on the state of the nation. How does the government expect the people of Kenya to agree that the country is headed in the right direction while the agriculture farm input they promised to… https://t.co/soNPmnrSD4
Arnold Maliba – Strategic Communication Advisor, UDA: There are indicators that the country is headed in the right direction; last year, at a time like this, it was difficult to get unga below Ksh. 170, today, that is not the case. The dollar was running riot on us, we have… https://t.co/akfSfpzNeM
Government report card: Antony Ngeru – Head of Communications Research, UDA: The country is headed in the right direction if you look at how the government has reduced the cost of living, unemployment levels and inflation levels #DayBreak @TrevorOmbija https://t.co/sX8KQgUbu9
Antony Ngeru – Head of Communications Research, UDA: Doctors need to get their act together because the government is very open to dialogue and its not a matter of who has to tone down for the other #DayBreak @TrevorOmbija https://t.co/n20ufBJHDb
Doctors' strike stand-off: Irene Mayaka – Nominated MP: The government is in the wrong because the doctors are not starting fresh negotiations, their strike is based on an agreement that was done in 2017. #DayBreak @TrevorOmbija https://t.co/52vrsUf7x2
Raila breaks silence on doctors' strike, wants medical interns paid Ksh.206K https://t.co/5sljW8s5Jv
Reinstate Sh206,000 pay for intern doctors to end strike, Raila tells government https://t.co/eoOexypW1i
Call off strike or face the music, doctors told https://t.co/jmfD1nhItd
Doctors' strike: KMA threatens to withdraw services in private hospitals https://t.co/M3rw6xhMKi
Kenya’s health system has been under severe strain as the doctors’ strike entered its fourth week, with the government adamant that it will not give in to demands for increased pay https://t.co/drB1kk6dIk