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Doctors' union wants interns out of Kiambu as strike bites day 55

Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union Secretary General Davji Atellah alongside doctors in Kiambu during a press conference. 

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has asked the Ministry of Health (MOH) to withdraw one hundred fifty medical interns from Kiambu County as a doctors’ strike paralyses hospitals for fifty-five days.

The union explained that the interns, deployed to Kiambu in 2024, cannot serve patients or receive proper supervision due to the prolonged dispute.

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