Nakhumicha calls for review of doctors CBA as strike bites

Striking doctors hung on a police land cruiser as they protested the implementation of their CBA on March 22, 2024. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha has called for a review of the 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which she believes instigated the current doctors' strike.

Nakhumicha stated that the 2017 CBA contains ambiguous areas that need to be addressed. "I was not present when the agreement was signed between the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) and the then government," she said.