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Doctors and nurses in Kenyan begin strike as pay rise talks with State collapse

Doctors take to the streets of Nairobi as their nationwide strike to demand salary increments began in earnest yesterday. Their unions have promised the “mother of all strikes” until the Government implements a Collective Bargain Agreement that awarded them a 300 per cent pay rise in 2013. [PHOTO: ELVIS OGINA/STANDARD]

Health workers went on a nationwide strike yesterday, accusing the Government of dishonesty in their pay hike talks.

The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) and Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists' Union (KMPDU) both accused the Government of failing to honour deals from 2013 that awarded improved salaries.

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