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The politics of Kenya's health sector over the last 20 years

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Health CS Susan Nakhumicha. Left, a doctor picketing along the streets of Nairobi on April 16, 2024. [File, Standard]

The return to work formula that was to be signed today, had the government had its way, could have become a rare solution in a sector riddled with strikes in the last two decades.

Interviews and conversations that The Standard has had with stakeholders in the health sector, including a former minister of health, reveal that the sector has been unsettled since the Kanu era and that medics have continued to raise demands, which authorities have failed to meet, since 2004.

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