Kenyan Doctors’ Union Rejects Strike Deal
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Kenyan public hospital doctors rejected a government offer aimed at ending a weeks-long strike that has severely disrupted health services, their union chairman said late on Tuesday. The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), which represents over 7,000 members, went on strike on March 15 to demand payment of their salary arrears and the immediate hiring of trainee doctors. For a further look in to what caused the union to reject the deal, VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to Macharia Munene, a History and International Relations Professor at United States International University in Nairobi.