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Medics' unions defy Koome, vow to hold weekly protests

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By Maryann Muganda | Apr 16, 2024

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Joint Health Workers Unions led by KMPDU SG Davji Artella and Clinical Officers Chairman Peter Wachira at a press conference where they announced second edition of the Union strike dismissing government threats on Monday, April, 15, 2024. [Samson Wire Standard]

Doctors and clinical officers unions have announced joint weekly protests to push for their demands.

Speaking to the press in Nairobi yesterday, three unions, Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO), and the Kenya National Union of Medical Laboratory Officers (KNUMLO), said the protests, to be held every Tuesday, are in response to the government's alleged attempts to suppress the ongoing nationwide healthcare workers strike.

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