End medics strike now, many are hurting

To the Kenyan living on less than two dollars a day, the strike is on only because doctors "need to be paid more money". The media on the other hand is only telling us the medics are on strike because of the pay issue, ignoring the other reasons for the boycott.

The doctors' struggle did not begin in 2011 when they downed tools to agitate for better terms and good working conditions. It began in 1994 where 3,000 doctors downed tools agitating for the registration of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentist Union (KMPDU) in addition to better working conditions.