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Government releases Sh3.5b to clear doctors' salary arrears

Doctors demonstrating outside Afya house in Nairobi on April 9th 2024. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

The government has released the second and final batch of basic salary arrears owed to doctors under the 2017-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

In a letter to the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni Muriuki confirmed that the payment, amounting to Sh3.5 billion, had been processed and forwarded to banks for disbursement to doctors' accounts.

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