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Doctors Announce Nationwide Strike From Next Week

4Mar

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Doctors Announce Nationwide Strike From Next Week

Doctors have issued a seven-day strike notice beginning next week on Monday. The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) on Monday staged a peaceful demonstration in Nairobi, protesting among other things the shooting of their Secretary General Davji Atellah by police during a similar demonstration in Nairobi last week. The medics were pushing for the posting of medical interns by the government on Thursday when Atellah struck by a teargas canister. On Monday, the doctors reiterated their push to Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha to employ the interns, saying the delay in posting them has affected services in public hospitals nationwide.

Doctors Announce Protest In Nairobi On Thursday

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists' Union (KMPDU) has announced they will stage a peaceful protest in Nairobi on Thursday. KMPDU Secretary-General Davji Atellah in a letter to the Nairobi Regional Police Commander said the procession will be over the delayed posting of medical interns and the payment of fees for postgraduate students. “We write to inform you of our intention to conduct a peaceful procession concerning the delayed posting of medical interns and the payment of fees for postgraduate students. The procession is scheduled to take place on Thursday, 29th February 2024, commencing at 9:30 am,” Atellah said. He noted that the medics will march from the Kenya Medical Association Centre in the Upper Hill area to the Ministry of Health offices be...

Kenyans To Begin Contributing To SHIF In July 2024

Kenyans will begin contributing to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) in July 2024. Terry Rotich, the acting corporation secretary at the Social Health Authority (SHA) on Monday said payment of contributions and access to healthcare under the scheme will commence on July 1 and not March, as announced earlier. Ms Rotich announced that every Kenyan will be required to apply to the authority for registration as a SHIF member by June 30. SHIF is meant to phase out the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and will scrap the current maximum of Ksh.1,700 contribution, exposing employed Kenyans to higher deductions. Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha had said that payment to the health fund would begin in March. Under the new insurance plan, a hous...