Schedule 4. County health services, including, in particular— (It does not mention payment of health workers)
(a) county health facilities and pharmacies;
(b) ambulance services;
(c) promotion of primary health care;
(d) licensing and control of undertakings that sell food to
the public;
(e) veterinary services (excluding regulation of the
profession);
(f) cemeteries, funeral parlours and crematoria; and
(g) refuse removal, refuse dumps and solid waste disposal.
(I still think the strike is punishing the wrong people)

I believe whoever said their fear is about being monitored.Several Docs appear at their work stations twice or thrice in a month to collect payslip and ensure all is well.I dont blame them coz it can be boring hanging around doing nothing since tools of trade hakuna.....however their is something wrong with a Dr posted to Kitui living in Nairobi.

Unfortunate as it is that people have died maybe its the opportune time to set up those structures they are talking about. (Remember people die everyday even when docs are on duty, so lets not assume the deaths are due to the strike).

For me I think if Central government can help in ensuring every county has a proper hospital and support county clinics and ensure Doctors are there and they work then all should be well.We the populace must also be ready to pay for the service just like we do when go to the private clinics or mission hospitals.

They should go back to work as the issues are sorted out but devolution ni lazima.

@bigchick,i differ kidogo.A dr has many roles including providing information and building networks.what kind of steward says that sitaenda job because hakuna tools of trade.Go there,see patients(sio kila mtu ni mgonjwa mahututi)write them a prescription and let them go buy medicine or tell them where help can be found.So for me,hiyo ni excuse,these guys think they are gods,so no one should ask a swali.Sasa watu manaofanya kazi are nurses and COs,God bless them indeed as the Drs chase the coin because they feel entitled.The general hospital has no doctors past noon,they all go to their private clinics and they have non practice allowance.

Please get your facts right. It is not doctors striking but health workers including nurses, lab techs, public health officers and nutritionist. Health cannot be handled by politicians in a hurriedly manner.
A few days ago, Isaac Rutto of Bomet replaces a doctor with a masters degree and 14 years experience who happened to be Kamba with a doctor that finished internship 6 months ago who is his relative(Kale). If governors are left to manage health we expect such stories to happen more often.
In the last 3 months the IDSR(Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response system) has shown diseases are on the rise. This is probably related to the fact that governors have been managing aspects of health in counties. If there is evidence that diseases are on the rise since the governors took over, shouldn't we at least make these changes now?

Formation of a hsc will resolve this stalemate. Why don't these governors take over the education functions as well, or even security? The poor in our society are suffering dying as we pass the buck. Or they don't matter? It's sad when fellow countrymen lose their lives, children orphaned as we fight over issues that are solvable.