Doctors stage nationwide protest in solidarity with striking Kiambu medics

KMPDU officials, doctors and members of public congregate at Kiambu ready for a mass action to press county government address doctors' concerns that have paralysed operations across the devolved unit. [George Njunge, Standard]

Doctors across the country have joined their striking counterparts in Kiambu County in a protest at the county headquarters, demanding the resignation of Governor Kimani Wamatangi over alleged mismanagement of healthcare services.

Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Deputy Secretary General Dr Dennis Miskellah confirmed the nationwide solidarity action, noting that the doctors will be joined by mothers who lost their infants in poorly equipped health facilities within the county.