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#Kenya: With #IMF pressure, government trying to cut intern-doctor salary to a third, threatens to fire strikers, arrest #union leaders, cut public sector. Health spending 1/3 of #WHO recommendation

https://publicservices.international/resources/news/kenyas-health-unions-continue-strike-as-government-disregards-agreement?id=14958&lang=en

#neoliberalism #austerity #strike #strikes #unions #Abuja #KMPDU #CBA #corruption #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar

Kenya’s Health Unions Continue Strike as Government Disregards Agreement

In 2001 Kenya signed the Abuja declaration, promising to spend 15% the national budget on healthcare. Yet for frontline health workers, Kenya’s health sector remains dangerously underfunded and understaffed.