Kenyan Doctors’ Strike Ends After 56 Days Following Agreement on Return-to-Work Plan
The prolonged doctors’ strike has concluded after 56 days as the government and the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists Union (KMPDU) agreed to a return-to-work plan.
This resolution follows the Employment and Labour Relations Court’s directive for the union and the government to establish a mutually acceptable return-to-work plan by Wednesday.
On Tuesday, KMPDU submitted a different proposal to the court than the one provided by the government, prompting the judge to set a Wednesday deadline, stating that failure to comply would lead to court intervention.
Representatives from the union, the Council of Governors (CoG), and the Ministry of Health spent most of Tuesday evening in discussions to resolve the deadlock.
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In the meantime, KMPDU Secretary General Dr. Davji Atellah postponed the doctors’ peaceful protests to an unspecified date to facilitate negotiations.
Since March 14, doctors have left their posts and protested the government’s failure to assign medical interns and uphold the 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) on labor conditions for medical professionals.
They engaged in extensive negotiations with the ‘Whole of the Nation Approach’ committee, which includes the Ministry of Health, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, and the Head of Public Service.
However, the talks did not achieve much progress when the government offered Ksh.70,000 to medical interns instead of the Ksh.206,000 stipulated in the 2017 CBA.
Kenyan Doctors’ Strike Ends After 56 Days Following Agreement on Return-to-Work Plan
