Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Secretary General Davji Bhimji Atellah has warned of a possible doctors' strike over unpaid salary agreements for intern doctors.
Atellah, in a post on X on Tuesday, February 18, said doctors would not accept the government's proposed Sh70,000 monthly salary for interns, which he noted contradicts the Sh206,000 agreed upon in the 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). "Anytime you touch our salaries, you are inadvertently giving yourselves a strike notice as the government," said Atellah. "Consider it served!
Interns, let us meet on February 20.
When you call for action, we respond swiftly." The warning comes after Health Cabinet Secretary Dr Deborah Barasa announced during the Health Summit 2025 at the Deputy President's residence in Karen that intern doctors would receive Sh70,000 instead of the agreed Sh206,000. "The one remaining is the internship component and the conclusion of the CBA, as well as employment of additional doctors to support the implementation of UHC," said Barasa. .Keep ReadingCartels, graft at Health ministry will test nerve of Dr BarasaKMPDU secures pay rise for KNH doctors after 56-day strikeCS says State will procure 2 million Mpox jabs, warns on false reportsMedics threaten to strike over unpaid salaries, again"During our meetings in November, Dand ecember, we talked about 206, but for the new cohort, we are talking about 70,000.
