The secured fund is meant for facilitation of the deployment and posting of the 2023- 2024 cohort of medical student’s interns. This is according to the head of public service Phillip Koskei who further revealed that the deployment will begin on Thursday and promised that other issues will also be addressed once the doctors get back to work.
However the Kenya Medical practitioners Pharmacist and Dentist union (KMPDU) chairperson Abi Mwachi declined the governments offer, saying that the government needs to meet its 2017-2021 agreement of collective bargaining for them to stop the strike.
“Respectfully, we decline these proposals in total. We believe that genuine governments should honor their collective bargaining agreements. The doctors of this country did nothing but believe in the promise of their government in 2017 where we ended a 100 days strike of a promissory note. It is time to honor that promise. Respectfully,” the KMPDU chair stated
Additionally, the KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atella also expressed their determination in maintaining their stand to ensure their issues are resolved first for them to put an end to the strike.
The doctor’s strike have now entered the third week since it began on March 15, 2024.
KMPDU declines governments offer to end their ongoing strike