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The doctors’ strike is now in its second month. The doctors are demanding full implementation of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed in 2013. The agreement is laden with fundamental administrative and policy changes.
In addition, the doctors are demanding a 300 per cent pay hike. One wonders why after 32 days, the doctors and their employers cannot find a solution to save millions of Kenyans from misery.Are the doctors’ demands rational and reasonable? Of course they are. The CBA stipulates a 40-hour work week. Many doctors work for more than 40 hours a week without compensation.
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