It's time to determine best approach to manage medics and avert strikes

KMPDU Secretary General Davji Bhimji (second right) addresses a press conference to demand the employment of doctors, at Ufungamano House, Nairobi. [ Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

Recurrent strikes among healthcare workers in Kenya have become unavoidable.

This industrial action, which is both regrettable and unfortunate, forces us to consider whether the strike was truly inevitable. Health workers are trained to save lives, protect, and promote the well-being of their patients, and as Mr Wachira, Chair of the Clinical Officers Union, states, a strike should only be the "action of last resort" when all other options have been exhausted.