The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Secretary General, Davji Atellah has been shot by police while leading medical interns in a protest within Nairobi.
The Union in a statement, condemned the incident and hinted at rallying its members to protest against the government’s indifference to the plight of doctors in the country.
The protest comes after the doctors on January 31 warned of a three-day strike over the criteria used in absorbing medical interns.
Atellah, who led the press briefing on that day, issued a one-month window to the Ministry of Health, to hire the interns or else all doctors across the country would down their tools.
Meanwhile, the protest ended as police abruptly dispersed the interns.
The KMPDU Western Kenya branch has since called for a crisis meeting to deliberate on the same.
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