Kenyan doctors threaten walkout over workload as nurses continue strike

The short version

• Doctors in Kenya warned they may join an ongoing nurses' strike due to mounting workloads in hospitals.[Associated Press]
• The nurses' strike is driven by demands to implement an unresolved collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017.[Associated Press]
• The doctors' union has set a seven-day deadline for the government to settle the nurses' dispute before issuing a strike notice.[Associated Press]

Key facts

• Kenyan doctors threatened to join a nurses' strike that has reached its sixth week, pointing to heavy hospital workloads.[Associated Press]
• Striking nurses are demanding the implementation of a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017.[Associated Press]
• The government cited budgetary constraints for failing to implement the 2017 collective bargaining agreement.[Associated Press]
• The doctors' union issued a seven-day ultimatum to the government to resolve the nurses' demands.[Associated Press]
• The Council of Governors chair called for an end to the walkout, citing a court ruling declaring the strike illegal.[Associated Press]

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• Kenya’s doctors threaten to join strike by nurses, citing increased workload in hospitalsAssociated Press · Wire: associated-press