• The health sector crisis deepens as doctors threaten to paralyze operations countrywide, effective Sunday, December 22, 2024.
  • The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmasists and Dentist Union (KMPDU) boycotted planned talks with the government.

The health sector crisis deepens as doctors threaten to paralyze operations countrywide, effective Sunday, December 22, 2024. The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmasists and Dentist Union (KMPDU) boycotted planned talks with the government.

Instead, it demanded the honour of the Return To Work formula that was previously agreed upon. Instead, the health workers staged a peaceful protest to demand the implementation of the agreements.

The union cited frustration over unfulfilled promises by the government and vowed to down its tools in a nationwide strike. Speaking after leading doctors to a peaceful demonstration on Monday, December 16 2024, KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atellah accused the government of taking the doctors for a ride by making false promises."

We have been patient waiting for things to be implemented.We have been meeting with government in the boardroom .They keep giving promises that they know better they can't fulfil. This has caused most doctors even to lose hope in their own existence," he remarked.

The picket began at Kenyatta National Hospital, to Nairobi Hospital, and the Ministry of Health Officers at Afya House and Parliament buildings, where the doctors declared support for the calls for the Nairobi National Hospital and board.

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Despite several assurances by the government that it working day and night to ensure that all Kenyans get better healthcare in the country, tangible solutions have yet to materialize on the doctors' side, leaving them with no choice but to suspend their services.

The industrial action, which raises concern about the disruption of healthcare services across the country, comes at a time when the Ministry of Health is on a campaign to raise awareness and register Kenyans under the Social Health Authority(SHA).

The doctor's strike underscores the deepening divide between the reality of a crumbling healthcare system and the government's narrative of reform and progress.