Mombasa County Doctors Down Their Tools

KMPDU Secretary General Daji Atellah has confirmed that only emergency services will be provided by medics during the strike...

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Mombasa County doctors have commenced a strike, announced by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Doctors Union (KMPDU) on Tuesday, March 3, due to unresolved human resource and governance issues.

Only emergency services will be provided as consultants' clinics and elective procedures are suspended.
Key grievances include withheld statutory deductions, contractual injustice affecting over 60 doctors, and frozen career progression for some medics since July 2022.
The strike's catalyst was the suspension of Iqbal Khandwalla, CEO of Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, which KMPDU deems politically motivated.

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