Over 11,000 pharmaceutical technologists in Kenya are threatening to strike over new 2026 Good Pharmacy Practice Standards that they claim will limit their practice.

• A potential strike involving more than 11,000 pharmaceutical technologists over new pharmacy practice standards.
• The dispute involves the Pharmacy and Poisons Board and the Kenya Pharmaceutical Association, who argue the standards discriminate against diploma-level practitioners.
• Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has rejected this interpretation, stating the standards do not prevent any category of pharmacy professionals from practicing.