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Doctors and other medical staff take part in a protest, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, March 22, 2024
DOCTORS in Kenya are continuing to resist local government attempts to attack their right to strike by threatening sackings.
The medical professionals in the country have been taking industrial action for a month over issues including pay and the failure to hire trainee doctors, who cannot qualify without getting an intern position.
Clinical officers, who provide outpatient services, have also joined the strikes.
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