Doctors in Nairobi will stop working starting Thursday at midnight. The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union told people about this on Wednesday. The doctors feel upset because the city has stopped paying them, fired some doctors, and often pays them late.
These doctors want the city to help them with other problems. They need papers that say they have permanent jobs. They want better pay and money promised to them after working for many years. The doctors said at a meeting, "We do not like to strike, but we cannot help sick people when we have nothing."
The doctors believe they must be treated well to provide good care to sick people. The city health leaders have not commented on the doctors' plan to stop working.
Earlier, in December 2024, a big strike was stopped. The Deputy President Kithure Kindiki helped doctors and the Health Ministry make a deal. This deal said new doctors would earn 206,000 shillings each month. The city leaders signed this promise.
More news will come later about what happens next.
These doctors want the city to help them with other problems. They need papers that say they have permanent jobs. They want better pay and money promised to them after working for many years. The doctors said at a meeting, "We do not like to strike, but we cannot help sick people when we have nothing."
The doctors believe they must be treated well to provide good care to sick people. The city health leaders have not commented on the doctors' plan to stop working.
Earlier, in December 2024, a big strike was stopped. The Deputy President Kithure Kindiki helped doctors and the Health Ministry make a deal. This deal said new doctors would earn 206,000 shillings each month. The city leaders signed this promise.
More news will come later about what happens next.
