Overview

• Kenyan doctors continue their nationwide strike, demanding better pay and working conditions amid a stalemate with the government.
• President William Ruto insists the government cannot afford salary reviews, citing a huge wage bill, while opposition lawmakers accuse him of prioritizing government spending over doctors' pay.
• Kenyatta University Referral Hospital in Nairobi lays off 100 striking doctors, hiring new ones as the strike nears one month.
• Striking doctors and medical students protest outside the Kenyan Parliament, demanding the government honor a 2017 collective bargaining agreement.
• The 2017 agreement, aimed at improving pay and conditions, remains partially unimplemented, leading to the current strike, the longest since a 100-day strike in 2017.