#OCCUPY MOH: Kenya’s Medics Camp Outside Health Ministry At Night In Protest Intern Negligence
Medics camped outside the Ministry of Health headquarters at Afya House in Nairobi on Monday night, following a day of protests to pressure the government to post medical interns in accordance with the 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
The health workers spent the majority of Monday picketing outside the Health Ministry headquarters on Upper Hill, and in the evening, they lit candles and flashlights to continue the protest into the night, despite light rain in the city.
The world needs to see what Ruto's illegitimate govt is doing to it's most learned citizens, everyday our call for #RutoMustGo is justified! #OccupyMOH pic.twitter.com/5Beki1qKir
— Wachira. (@Thee_mavERIC) July 8, 2024
Videos posted on social media showed medical officers singing the national anthem while waving Kenyan flags and placards.
‘Nakhumicha must go!’ proclaimed several placards, referring to Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha.
Other health workers were seen lying in camping sleeping bags outside the facility.
Standing with all medics as they #OccupyMOH! I was so inspired by how @salimishmael_ & the @MedicsForKenya team supported all protests the last few weeks! It's definitely time to sanitize the ministry of health!#RejectBudgetedCorruption pic.twitter.com/UpFbw2lMTq
— Adelle Onyango (@ADELLEO) July 8, 2024
Davji Atellah, Secretary General of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists Union (KMPDU), previously stated that the union has held a series of meetings to implement the return-to-work formula at Kenyatta National Hospital and the Ministry of Health.
According to Atellah, the internship posting debacle was supposed to be resolved within 60 days, per the 2017 CBA.
Dear Kenyans,
— Davji Bhimji Atellah (@Davji) July 8, 2024
Reports circulating to the effect that #OccupyMoH has been suspended is false.
The union handle has been compromised and we are trying our best to gain control of it and clean.
We must overhaul the system including those that have hacked the union handles.
We…
“As we all know, the 60 days end on the 7th of July 2024. So far we are in agreement with the Ministry of Health that interns must be posted as per CBA 2017 before the lapse of the 60-day negotiation window as per our Return to Work Formula,” Atellah said then.
“The Ministry of Health is to have an engagement with Treasury before our final meeting set for Thursday, 4th July 2024.”
#OCCUPY MOH: Kenya’s Medics Camp Outside Health Ministry At Night In Protest Intern Negligence
