Sudanese security forces use tear gas to break up women’s protest

By Reuters,

Sudanese security forces used tear gas on Sunday to break up a crowd of hundreds of people, mostly young women, demonstrating against the detention of...

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Doctors’ CBA with counties registered at Labour Court

By Majanga Michael,

The Collective Bargaining Agreement signed between doctors union, KMPDU, and the 47 county government following the crippling 100-day pay strike that ...

Collective Bargaining Agreement , Employment and Labour relations court , KMPDU , Labour Court

How money flowed to Gambia’s ex president

By Reuters,

Funds from a dollar bank account in the name of the Jammeh Foundation for Peace, a charity founded by Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh, flowed t...

Gambia , Yahya Jammeh

NO DEAL YET as talks to end doctors’ strike take a break

By Citizen Reporter,

These seems to be no respite in the ongoing talks between government and doctors to end their strike and restore sanity in the health sector, as patie...

We had settled into jail: Doctor narrates experience behind bars

By Majanga Michael,

The release of the “CBA 7” took seven hours, despite the court signing their release consent at 11am Wednesday. Although the public, patients, ...

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Health crisis worsens as doctors in private hospitals join strike

By Majanga Michael,

Amid the supremacy battles playing out in the Ministry of Health, private hospital doctors joining the protracted doctors’ strike and the release of...

doctors strike , Health Crisis , Nairobi Hospital.

Jailed doctors released with immediate effect

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Court of Appeal has signed consent for the release of the seven jailed doctors union officials after parties in the case by consent agreed to ha...

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This is what ‘CBA 7’ are fighting for

By Citizen Reporter,

Seven Kenya Medical Practioners and Dentist Union (KMPDU) have today, 13th February, been jailed for contempt of court after failing to call off a doc...

CBA 7 , doctors strike , Doctors' Union jailed , KMPDU

Free doctors or resign, Senate tells Health CS Cleopa Mailu

By Wangui Ngechu,

Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu has called for the release of the seven jailed doctors' union officials in order to continue with the negotiatio...

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Governors deny claims they pushed for doctors to be jailed

By Martin Mwenda,

The Council of Governors has refuted claims that they 'punctured' negotiations between the government and striking doctors. Speaking in Meru town, ...

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Raila, Kalonzo offer lawyers to appeal jailing of doctors

By Moses Ngugi,

The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) has condemned the government for allowing doctors’ union officials to go jail for agitating for a ‘...

CBA 7 , doctors' officials jailed , Hellen wasilwa , KMPDU officials , raila odinga

No end in sight for doctors’ strike as officials suspend talks with gov’t

By Citizen Team,

There is now no end in sight for the doctors’ strike after the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union suspended talks with the government un...

doctors strike , talks suspended

Doctors’ union officials JAILED for 30 days

By Dzuya Walter,

Seven Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union (KMPDU) officials have been jailed for one month for contempt of court. Labour and Employment c...

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Kabogo hires 30 Indian doctors to work in Kiambu County hospitals

By Gikunga Kariuki,

Kiambu Governor William Kabogo has confirmed that 30 doctors from India will arrive in the country by the end of February, and be deployed in hospital...

CBA , doctors from india , doctors strike , William Kabogo

Court delays doctors’ jail term by further 10 days

By Dzuya Walter,

Justice Hellen Wasilwa has yet again postponed her ruling on doctor’s union officials who were to be jailed today (Friday). The court directed CO...

doctors strike , labour relations court , one month jail sentence

Senate terms doctors’ CBA illegal

By Sylvia Chebet,

Amidst the escalating public health crisis, the Senate Health Committee has termed the collective bargaining agreement signed by the doctors and the g...

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Doctors’ bid to avoid jail flops

By Dzuya Walter,

Doctors’ bid to have the one-month sentence issued to the officials of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union stayed has flopped after t...

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Court to rule on DOCTORS’ JAIL SENTENCE on FRIDAY

By Joy Chelagat,

Doctors’ union officials will know their fate on Friday, February 3, Labour Relations Court Judge, Hellen Waslilwa, has said – this coming as unio...

D-day for doctors’ union as 5-day grace period elapses

By Joy Chelagat,

Doctors’ union bosses have this morning presented themselves before the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Milimani, Nairobi after failing to ...

Doctors can look for ‘better paying jobs’ – Treasury CS Henry Rotich

By Wangui Ngechu,

The government has said that it cannot afford the pay rise demand by the doctors in accordance with the 2013 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). ...

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