IMHO, Doctors should have their salaries increased. Some here may disagree but they are much more important than these accountants comparing themselves.

Also those saying that we need fully equipped hospitals first, picture this: your company has the best accounting software and is ISO certified but as an accountant there your pay is not commensurate with the work you do. How exactly will you perform better? It has to start somewhere and if begins with doctors salaries then so be it. Then, we can demand better equipment and thereafter excellent service.

True you will always find a number of those inexperienced "docs" with superiority complexes but that should not stop those doing good from receiving a fair package.

I concur. Registrars at KNH are not paid a salary for the duration of their postgraduate medical training.

And even after completing the postgraduate training and graduating at uni, the government for the last 3 years has asked them to pay off their university fees, which are deemed in arrears.

Got this from the KMPDU facebook page which is organising the doctor's strike:

"I'm not sure if this has been brought to KMPDUs attention but Gova has defaulted on fee payment of the Mmed students it sponsored for the past 2 - 3 yrs. Newly qualified consos have been unable to collect their certs from UoN upon graduation until they PAY THE FEES THEMSELVES - worst is, they are still BOUND to serve in public service for 3 yrs and cannot work elsewhere because they have no certificate to prove they've gone through a master's program!!!!" - W.M.

"Yup! blackmail... they r the ONLY ones who know you are qualified coz UoN informs them as soon as a "sponsored" student successfully completes the course & punde si punde, u r shafted to the bunduz to perform in your new capacity. You comply, adjust you lifestyle to accommodate your new non-nairobi payslip and hope that in 3 yrs (freedom from the bond/bondage) your fee balance will have been sorted..." - W.M.

Doctors at KNH down their tools as effect of the strike starts to be felt. Government seems to have money to refund stolen Kazi Kwa Vijana money, but not enough to pay our doctors.

Striking doctors storm Afya House, the Health Ministry headquarters on day one of the industrial action.

Have nurses and COs been enjoined in the strike? These group do the donkey work and are payed a paltry basic salary of Kshs 16,000. In most district hospitals you will be told a dentist will attend patients only on a specific day of the week, an ENT doctor the same. The rest of the time they are running their own clinics. And these group too want a salary raise?