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KMPDU, DAVJI ATELLAH FOUNDATION (#DAF) CONCLUDE TWO-DAY MEDICAL OUTREACH IN LANG’ATA: EXPANDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE 🩺
The two-day free medical outreach, held on 7th and 8th November 2026 at Uhuru Gardens Primary School in Lang’ata Constituency was aimed to reach an estimated 7,000 residents.
Organised by the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) in partnership with the Davji Atellah Foundation, the outreach brought together over 250 healthcare practitioners and volunteers, including 60 specialist consultants.
Residents received a range of services, including general medical consultations, laboratory investigations, screening for non-communicable diseases, dental and eye care, mental health services and free medication.
The outreach also provided access to essential government services, including SHA registration, civil registration and registration of persons with disabilities.
The initiative was supported by several partner institutions: Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, the Social Health Authority (SHA), Lang’ata Hospital, Luton Hospital, Nairobi City County, the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), Avenue Healthcare, Healing Tree Eye & Laser Hospital and OPTICA.
KMPDU appreciates all the healthcare professionals, volunteers and partner institutions whose support made the outreach possible.
Taking healthcare closer to the people, one community at a time.
IN PICTURES 📸
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KMPDU, DAVJI ATELLAH FOUNDATION (#DAF) CONCLUDE TWO-DAY MEDICAL OUTREACH IN LANG’ATA: EXPANDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE 🩺
The two-day free medical outreach, held on 7th and 8th November 2026 at Uhuru Gardens Primary School in Lang’ata Constituency was aimed to reach an estimated 7,000 residents.
Organised by the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) in partnership with the Davji Atellah Foundation, the outreach brought together over 250 healthcare practitioners and volunteers, including 60 specialist consultants.
Residents received a range of services, including general medical consultations, laboratory investigations, screening for non-communicable diseases, dental and eye care, mental health services and free medication.
The outreach also provided access to essential government services, including SHA registration, civil registration and registration of persons with disabilities.
The initiative was supported by several partner institutions: Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, the Social Health Authority (SHA), Lang’ata Hospital, Luton Hospital, Nairobi City County, the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), Avenue Healthcare, Healing Tree Eye & Laser Hospital and OPTICA.
KMPDU appreciates all the healthcare professionals, volunteers and partner institutions whose support made the outreach possible.
Taking healthcare closer to the people, one community at a time.
IN PICTURES 📸
drive.google.com/drive/folde…
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↩️ Is Mombasa County's free healthcare plan, dubbed #MweziWaBaba, working?
What has been the experience on the ground?
The KMPDU team is undertaking an audit to establish the reality.
Sit back and relax. Without fear or favour, we will give you the report.
↩️ Is Mombasa County's free healthcare plan, dubbed #MweziWaBaba, working?
What has been the experience on the ground?
The KMPDU team is undertaking an audit to establish the reality.
Sit back and relax. Without fear or favour, we will give you the report.
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My love story with the scalpel
I fell in love with the scalpel long ago, and the love has only deepened.
Over the years, I have marveled at the art inside the science of surgery: we cut to heal, we take away disease so that life can stay. The work can be maddening and mysterious, and it fills you up like little else does, especially when the outcome goes your way. On the days it doesn’t, when complications pull you into the deep, I go back to Dr. Atul Gawande’s Complications. It has been my near-biblical guide for those dark hours.
A few weeks ago I was admitted as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. I carry it with humility, honor, and quiet pride. The convocation reminded me how privileged I am to stand where pain meets possibility, with a blade in my hand and a life in my care.
So I take the letters FACS after my name. To me, they are not glitter or a badge of belonging. They are a vow, renewed with every incision, to practice surgery, both the science and the art, to the highest standard I can reach. I offer this to humanity and to the frontiers of knowledge, the known and the yet to be known.
What FACS means
The American College of Surgeons was founded in 1913 and is the world's largest organization of surgeons. It admits a surgeon as a Fellow only after a thorough review of their training, professional qualifications, surgical competence, and ethical conduct. Fellows must hold specialty certification and have been in independent practice for a while. Colleagues also vouch for their skill and their standing in the community. At Convocation, each new Fellow takes the Fellowship Pledge, a public promise to put patients first, practice ethically and keep learning. You can use the letters only while you remain a Fellow in good standing, so they’re a commitment you keep up, not a prize you win once.
Dr. Abidan Mwachi, MBChB (UoN), FCS (ECSA), FACS
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17 COUNTIES. 21 DAYS. NO MORE EXCUSES.
Our position is clear: agreements must be honoured, and doctors must receive what is rightfully due to them.
Following compliance by 30 county governments, KMPDU has issued a 21-day strike notice to the remaining 17 counties that have failed to implement the agreed basic salary adjustments for doctors.
These are not new demands or fresh negotiations. They are commitments already agreed upon, anchored in the Return-to-Work Formula, a court order and a subsequent addendum.
County governments have had the time, resources and clear directives to implement these adjustments. Three months later, continued non-compliance is unacceptable.
As KMPDU, we demand full and unconditional implementation, with the outstanding adjustments reflected in doctors' payslips within 21 days.
Failure to comply will leave doctors in the affected counties with no option but to withdraw their services from 25th November 2026.
The 17 counties are Murang'a, Nyandarua, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Kiambu, Lamu, Taita-Taveta, Tana River, Machakos, Makueni, Laikipia, Narok, Kajiado, Embu, Isiolo, Meru and Vihiga.
A signed agreement is a commitment, not a suggestion. Doctors deserve dignity, fairness and respect for the agreements governing their service.
We will not allow the culture of broken promises to become the norm in our healthcare system.
No doctor left behind. No agreement left unimplemented.
—
Dr. Davji Atellah
Secretary General,
KMPDU
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KMPDU issues a 21-day strike ultimatum to counties over salary agreements. Doctors threaten to down tools from November 25 if their demands are not met.
#DoctorsStrike #KMPDU #Doctors #KenyaHealth #CountyGovernments #DoctorsCrisis #KenyaNews #BreakingNews
#KMPDU COURTESY CALL TO COAST GENERAL TEACHING & REFERRAL HOSPITAL 🏥
The National Chairman of KMPDU, Dr. @abimwachi, paid an official courtesy call to the Acting Chief Executive Officer of Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital (CGTRH), Dr. Mohamed Hanif.
The discussions focused on strengthening the healthcare workforce, improving service delivery, staff welfare and assessing the impact of key healthcare initiatives at the facility.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
🔹 Patient Communication: The Chairman commended the establishment of dedicated customer care desks and the institutional hotline (1599), which have helped bridge communication gaps and minimise conflicts between healthcare personnel and patients.
🔹 Staff Welfare: An agreement between H.E. Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir and a local banking partner has helped prevent salary delays over the past four years. Pension disbursements currently stand at 98%.
🔹 Growing Patient Numbers: CGTRH continues to attract patients from neighbouring and distant counties, including Machakos and Kakamega, seeking specialised surgical services.
🔹 Workforce Expansion: The meeting underscored the need to double the current healthcare workforce to match growing patient numbers and prevent existing personnel and resources from being overstretched.
🔹 Hospital Autonomy & Funding: Dr. Mwachi called on the National Treasury to increase conditional grant funding to support the hospital's growing regional patient burden while safeguarding its operational autonomy.
🔹 Centres of Excellence: The Chairman commended CGTRH for its round-the-clock cardiac catheterisation (Cath Lab) services, making it the only public hospital in the region offering this service, alongside a reliable open-heart surgery programme.
🔹 Free Healthcare Audit: KMPDU announced plans to conduct a comprehensive audit of free healthcare services under the "Mwezi wa Baba" initiative, which could provide a blueprint for broader, state-funded universal healthcare coverage.
Good conversations lead to good ideas.
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KMPDU issues 21-day strike notice to 17 counties over failure to implement salary adjustments due in July, despite Sh1.25bn allocation; Sec-Gen Atellah warns them against seeking meetings.
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Kiama kia marigitari, KMPDU, kuruta mukana a kuiga miro thii ihinda-ini ria ciumia 3 kuri kaunti 17 iria kiugite gitiongereire marigitari mucaara ta uria kwaiguithaniirio shorturl.at/SGejZ
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KMPDU issues 21-day strike notice to 17 counties over failure to implement salary adjustments due in July, despite Sh1.25bn allocation; Sec-Gen Atellah warns them against seeking meetings.
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KMPDU Warns 17 Counties of Doctors’ Strike From November 25 read.kenyans.co.ke/CXNRo
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Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union has issued a 21-day strike notice to 17 county governments over their failure to implement agreed basic salary adjustments for doctors.
The affected counties include Kiambu, Murang'a, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Machakos, Kajiado, Narok, Meru, and Lamu, among others. Doctors in these counties are set to down tools from November 25, 2026, unless the counties comply.
KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atellah said the decision followed a compliance audit by the National Advisory Council, which found that the counties had failed to effect the adjustments despite receiving funds.
The salary changes, which were supposed to take effect in July 2026, formed part of a return-to-work formula signed after the 2024 doctors' strike and adopted as a court order on May 8, 2024.
The union noted that the Council of Governors had confirmed all 47 counties received the allocated funds, raising concerns over the failure to implement the agreed changes.
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The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has issued a 21-day strike notice to 17 county governments over their failure to implement agreed basic salary adjustments for doctors.
The union says the commitment is anchored in a Return-to-Work Formula, a court order and a subsequent addendum, noting that the affected counties have been given three months to comply.
KMPDU has warned that doctors in the affected counties will down their tools on November 25, 2026, if the agreed salary adjustments are not reflected in their payslips.
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In a statement issued on November 4, 2026, the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) issued a 21-day strike notice to 17 county governments over their failure to implement agreed salary adjustments for doctors.
The union warned that doctors in the affected counties would down their tools on November 25, 2026, if the outstanding payments are not reflected in their payslips, noting that the counties had already been given three months to comply with the agreement
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The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has issued a 21-day strike notice to 17 county governments over their failure to implement doctors’ salary adjustments.
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