Crisis looms as clinical interns down tools

Kenya Union of Clinical Officers National Chairman Peter Wachira during intern clinical officers protest over delayed salaries outside Afya House building, Nairobi, on October 9, 2024. [David Gichuru ,Standard]

Crisis is looming in public hospitals as clinical interns down tools to protest unpaid salaries, lack of medical cover, and poor working conditions.

The interns, who have not been paid since March this year, say they have no choice but to take their grievances to the Ministry of Health until their demands are addressed.