Tag Archives: KMPDU

April 2018 Standardmedia; Doctors union has protested against underway plans to have specialists employed on contract. Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union(KMPDU) has said under no negotiations will they agree to the plan that had already been agreed on by Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki. “We have doctors who are …

January 2018 BusinessDaily; Doctors have once again raised the red flag over an alleged influx of foreign medics into the country, questioning the qualifications of some of the expatriates. Through the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), the doctors also claim that some foreigners are getting employment priority over …

June 2017 BusinessDaily; Just two months after Kenyan doctors agreed to end a painful 100-day strike, nurses are following suit with a threat to paralyse the public health system with an industrial action of their own. Through their union, the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN), the care givers have threatened …

May 2017 BusinessDaily; Doctors have accused county public service boards (PSBs) of frustrating efforts to have their collective bargaining agreement with the devolved units signed. Whereas governors say they do not have a problem with signing the agreement, they have since passed the responsibility to their respective PSBs. The board members …

March 2017 TheEastAfrican; Kenyan doctors will remain the highest paid in East Africa, after signing a return-to-work formula that will see them get an additional $560 to $700 a month in the form of a risk allowance backdated to January this year. The agreement that brought to an end the …

March 2017 DailyNation; Doctors who participated in the 100-day strike will not be paid for the days they were away from duty, the government has said. The order, which comes barely a week after the State and the doctors’ union signed a return to work formula to bring an end …

March 2017 DailyNation; In January, Mr Jared Onyimbo called the Nation newsroom asking for coverage to get money to save his 11-year-old son’s life. Fredrick Otieno was suffering from Leukaemia and had been referred to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret from Kijabe Hospital, which could not handle …

March 2017 DailyNation; After 100 days of deaths, pain and despair, the doctors’ strike has ended. The Health ministry, the Council of Governors and the medics’ union signed a joint return-to-work formula, effectively bringing to an end the protracted industrial action that has cost many lives. GOOD NEWS The deal, …

March 2017 BusinessDaily; Doctors have until Tuesday to end their three-month strike stalemate. Court of Appeal judges Hannah Okwengu, Martha Koome and Jamilla Mohammed have Monday asked parties involved in negotiations aimed at ending the stalemate to reach an agreement on the return-to-work formula document presented by doctors. The judges …

March 2017 DailyNation; The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) officials say they have agreed on everything with the government that would see them call off the strike, but are stuck at “how the doctors will go back to work” following their 99 days strike. KMPDU secretary-general Ouma …