KISUMU: October 27, 2025 The management of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) has officially entered into an agreement with the Social Health Authority (SHA) to provide comprehensive medical cover for all its staff members. This positive development was announced during a crucial meeting between the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU), Kisumu Chapter, and the

KIAMBU: October 24, 2025 After five months of steadfast struggle, principled engagement, and unwavering solidarity, KMPDU has officially called off the doctors’ strike in Kiambu County following the signing of a Return-to-Work Formula (RTWF) with the County Government of Kiambu and the Kiambu County Public Service Board. The agreement, brokered through the Council of Governors (CoG), marks the end of

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NAIROBI: Oct 1, 2025 KMPDU recently hosted a full-day FAC | Branch Treasurers & Secretariat Training at our National Offices, bringing together union officers from across the country for a day of learning, collaboration, and capacity building. The sessions focused on financial analysis, management accounting, and planning practices, essential tools to ensure transparency, integrity, and accountability within our union. Facilitators

NAIROBI: Oct 1, 2025 At the KMPDU National Office, we recently hosted registrars from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) to discuss ongoing disruptions affecting their postgraduate clinical training at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). The registrars raised several pressing concerns, including halted teaching sessions, missed clinical rotations, delayed examinations, and postponed graduations, particularly in specialties like dermatology and

NAIROBI: Sep 30, 2025 Kenya’s umbrella of health unions, including KMPDU, is calling for immediate government intervention to address ongoing challenges facing healthcare workers, with a particular focus on Kiambu County. The unions are demanding urgent action on several critical fronts: UHC Staff Absorption: Many counties have yet to issue permanent and pensionable letters, despite harmonized salaries under the national

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I address to you today with a deep sense of pride and a call to continued action.

NAIROBI: SEP 19, 2025 Today at State House, KMPDU joined H.E. President William Samoei Ruto and the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Hon. Aden Duale, for the official launch of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), which will extend coverage to 2.2 million vulnerable Kenyans. In his address, the President reaffirmed his government’s commitment to respecting Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) and

NAIROBI: SEP 17, 2025 Today marks a historic victory for doctors and the labour movement in Kenya. After seven years of struggle, the second and final batch of the 2017–2024 Basic Salary Arrears has been released. Doctors are already receiving payments in their bank accounts, a moment of justice long overdue. This achievement crowns the fight for the full implementation

NAIROBI – September 2, 2025 For the first time, postgraduate training fees for 633 doctors have been officially cleared by the Ministry of Health, a groundbreaking achievement made possible through collective courage, relentless pressure, and principled leadership. This settlement covers the entire backlog from 2018 to 2024, bringing relief to hundreds of doctors who have borne this financial burden for

NORTH EASTERN: Sep 2, 2025 KMPDU is your union, the union for all doctors in Kenya. At the recent North Eastern Doctors’ Kamkunji, doctors gathered to chart a new path forward. What began as isolated frustrations is now a collective movement. What was once silence is now a resounding voice for change. This is the power of organizing: Where there