KMPDU Secretary General Dr. Davji Atellah. [File,Standard]
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has threatened a nationwide strike over delayed salary adjustments, saying counties have no justification for further delays.
The union directed doctors in all 47 counties to check their July 2026 payslips and warned it would begin industrial action and contempt of court proceedings against county accounting officers if the revised salaries or a payment schedule for arrears are not reflected.
"We have engaged in good faith, followed every legal process, and dismantled every roadblock in our way. We will not allow administrative inertia to rob doctors of their dignity and hard-earned rights," said KMPDU Secretary General Dr Davji Atellah.
In a circular dated Tuesday, July 21, Atellah said the union had exhausted administrative, legal and intergovernmental efforts to secure implementation of the adjusted basic salaries under the 2017-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the Return-to-Work Formula adopted as a court order on May 8, 2024 and its December 2024 addendum.
