Kenya: KMPDU Gives Government 45 Days to Address Interns’ Pay Dispute

The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmaceuticals and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has threatened to down their tools once again if the government does not play ball and pay intern doctors the amount agreed in their Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

In a statement on November 9, the KMPDU Secretary-General announced that if the government does not barge from their proposed Ksh47,000 to Ksh70,000 pay for intern doctors, they would withdraw their skills until the ministry adhered to their CBA…