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Doctors strike: Health ministry set to post over 800 medical interns to avert strike

Health CS Susan Nakhumicha convenes meeting with KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atella and other officials on Friday, December 30. [Twitter, KMPDU]

The government says it is committed to amicably resolve issues raised by the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) to avert an impending strike scheduled for January.

In a meeting with the union's leadership on Friday, Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha vowed to post over 800 medical interns to public hospitals by the second week of January 2023 and facilitate their payment.

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