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Relief for medical schools as doctors call off strike

Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists' Union (KMPDU) Secretary-General Ouma Oluga addresses a press conference at Public Service Commission in Nairobi. [Photo by Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Medical schools have been offered a temporary reprieve after doctors who work there called off a strike that would have started tomorrow (Monday) to give room for talks.

The lecturers had given universities a 14-day ultimatum to effect allowances failure to which they would down their tools. The decision announced yesterday was as a result of a request by the government as the new Cabinet Secretary of the Health Ministry Sicily Kariuki‏ settles in.

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