Payment of intern medical doctors is likely to result in a nationwide strike if remuneration is not streamlined as per the 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
The next cohort of medical interns is due for posting on July 1.
But the amount to be paid is yet to be agreed on by the Salaries Remuneration Commission (SRC), Ministry of Health and doctors is yet to be agreed on.
Health Cabinet Secretary Adan Duale told the Senate Committee on Health chaired by Vice chairperson Senator Mariam Sheikh Omar that doctors under the umbrella of Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) want the medical intern doctors paid Sh206,000.
