By EUNICE KILONZOMore by this AuthorA doctors’ strike is in the offing if the national and county governments do not conclude the issues that are stalling the implementation of the March collective bargaining agreement. It is this CBA, alongside a recognition agreement, that ended the 100-day doctors’ strike on March 14. In particular, the union says it is in bad faith to plan to bring in foreign medics yet there are jobless doctors in the country who would have otherwise been employed instead. He made reference to the recent intention by Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu to get 500 doctors from Tanzania to step in to improve the number of doctors, address the burn-out due to long working hours. However, this was barred by a court of law following a petition by doctors despite Tanzanian doctors making their applications to come work in the national, county and faith-based health facilities in the country.

Source: Daily Nation May 27, 2017 23:15 UTC