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Kitui doctors on strike after talks with union failed

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KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atella. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Doctors in Kitui County are on strike after talks between the County Government and the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists Dentists Union (KMPDU) failed.

The doctors had complained of staff shortages, burnout, career stagnation and demotivation in a meeting with the county government on January 24, 2024.

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