Kenya: Striking Kenyan Doctors Hold Demonstrations in Nairobi Amid Stalemate

Nairobi —

Led by officials of Kenya's main health care professionals union, the doctors want the government to honor the agreement. President William Ruto has asked the doctors to call off the strike and go back to work, saying the government is struggling with a huge wage bill and cannot afford to review their salaries.

"The doctors must not be paid yesterday, they must not be paid tomorrow, but they must be paid today," said Paul Ongili, also known as"Babu Owino," an opposition member of parliament."Ruto took loans, and Ruto is collecting taxes. And those taxes must be used to pay these doctors. Ruto is vicariously liable for all the deaths occurring in the hospitals, for all the deaths occurring in this country, because he has refused to pay the doctors.

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