5 key takeaways from KMPDU’s agreement with govt that averted nationwide doctors’ strike
The government on Thursday, December 19, 2024, averted a nationwide doctors’ strike planned for December 22, 2024 mid-night after signing an agreement with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU). During the agreement brokered by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, Director General of Health Patrick Amoth, the Ministry of Health and the Council of Governors, […]
Doctors warn of strike as pay negotiations with gov’t reach deadlock
Doctors have issued a stark warning that they may soon resort to strikes, sit-ins, and other forms of public protest if ongoing negotiations with the government over internship pay rates and collective bargaining agreements remain unresolved. After a recent series of meetings ended in a deadlock, the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists Union (KMPDU) […]
‘Medical personnel providing critical emergency care were also attacked’- Davji speaks on police brutality
The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Secretary-General Davji Bhimji Atellah has revealed that medics providing critical emergency care to injured anti-Finance Bill protesters were brutally attacked by the police. Davji, on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, said that the police violence towards those who were there to provide help to the injured was […]
Finance Bill 2024 protests: KMPDU offers to provide sound system for Tuesday demos, urges DJs to show up
Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has offered to provide a sound system for the Tuesday, June 25, 2024 anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests. KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atellah in a statement on Tuesday, June 24, 2024, said the sound system will be provided due to the support the Gen Z protesters showed when […]
‘Over 300 injured demonstrators treated in Nairobi so far’ – KMPDU’s Davji Atellah
Over 300 people in Nairobi have been injured and treated since the onset of the Anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests, Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Secretary General Davji Atellah has said. Atellah in a statement on Thursday, June 20, 2024, stated that the said number of people have been treated by a team from […]