Tag: KMPDU

Machakos medics issue 7-day strike notice

Medics in Machakos have issued a seven-day strike notice to the county government. The health practitioners are scheduled to start their strike on Monday, July 17, 2023. According to the medics’ leadership, the county government has failed to address issues of lack of supplies in county hospitals and promotions for the workers. The Kenya National […]

Crisis looms in Nairobi as doctors threaten to down tools

Doctors in Nairobi have threatened to go on strike over what they term as lack of comprehensive medical insurance cover. Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Nairobi branch secretary Malindi Chao on Monday said the county government of Nairobi has not been remitting their statutory deductions to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) […]

Doctors issue 30-day strike notice

Doctors in the country have threatened to down their tools in the next 30 days if the government fails to honour their Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).  In a statement on Monday, December 19, Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Secretary General Dr Davji Atellah said the doctors signed a CBA with County and National […]

Doctors’ union calls out governors for humiliating health workers through PR stunts

The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentist Union (KMPDU) has called out recently elected Governors over what they termed as publicity stunts and intimidation of health workers. In a statement, the union stated that the Governors sworn in on August 25, 2022, are using stunts to convince members of the public that they are doing […]

Doctors union boss Chibanzi Mwachonda among 86 doctors fired by Joho

Doctors were fired after failing to return to work following the signing of the deal with the Ministry of Health ending their long strike.

Sacked doctors beg fed-up governor to take them back

The doctors union, KMPDU, and Laikipia leaders tell Governor Ndiritu Muriithi to relax stance on sacked 62 medics.