The 605 lecturers are demanding the medical risk allowances and the emergency call allowance awarded to doctors last year after a three-month strike. Read: Doctor lecturers to strike on February 15 over unpaid allowancesThe strike is expected to ground seven medical schools, including Kenyatta National Hospital which heavily relies on medics from the University of Nairobi. The demanded allowances - medical risk allowances and the emergency call allowances – are usually payable to medics in active clinical practice because of the nature of their work. But doctors employed by universities say “traditionally” medical lecturers also received allowances payable to those working in hospitals. Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki asked doctor's union to stop the planned strike and instead negotiate with universities, who employ the medical lecturers.

Source: The Star February 12, 2018 21:22 UTC