City lawyer Nelson Havi has given his piece of advice to medical doctors and professionals on what they should do to solve their grievances as their strike enters the second day.
Havi, in a recorded video shared via his official X account on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, said that doctors need to step up and take care of their affairs.
According to the former Law Society of Kenya (LSK) president, doctors should take a deliberate effort to participate in the Kenyan general elections.
Havi, who unsuccessfully vied for the Westlands parliamentary seat on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket, says that doctors in the country are many and they should consider selecting some of them to run for elective posts in the country.
He further insisted that all medical professionals should then turn out in large numbers to vote since it is the only way they would be able to have a say in the manner their affairs will be covered.
Havi on education system
Havi, while decrying the rate of unemployment in the country, claimed that the country’s education system has been deliberately collapsed with an intention of creating a more gullible voting population.
“It is least expected that this problem of unemployment will be solved within the next two years, and it is not limited to the medical fraternity. The education system in Kenya has collapsed, deliberately so, and that is why we have the CBC and the determination to remove mathematics from the curriculum. That is why all universities in Kenya have collapsed…. There is a collapse of the education system in Kenya, and the intention is to have a gullible voting population,” Havi said.
“What would I tell the doctors and other professionals? Emphasis on the doctors: it is high time you took a deliberate effort to participate in the elections in the Republic of Kenya. You are many; select some of you to run for elective office. All of you must ensure that you vote; it is only by doing this that you will be able to have a say in the manner in which your affairs are to be covered.”
Havi also claimed that there is no desire or determination on the part of the Kenya Kwanza government to solve the perennial problem of unemployment among doctors.
Doctors’ demos
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists & Dentists Union (KMPDU) is continuing with their demos that kicked off on March 18, 2025.
The doctors are seeking to address various issues affecting the health sector, including the implementation of the 2017 CBA.
Their demonstrations coincide with the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) strike, whose members, who have been working on contract terms for the last five years, are demanding to be employed on permanent and pensionable terms.
On Friday, March 14, 2025, the KMPDU Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer, Davji Attellah, rallied healthcare workers and civil servants to stand up for their rights, emphasizing the urgent need for the immediate posting of medical interns and the full implementation of the Public Officer Medical Fund, which was designed to ensure that civil servants, including healthcare workers, have access to quality medical care.
According to Attellah, the protest aims to push the government into action on critical issues affecting medical professionals and public servants.
“Mega-demo alert; Doctors, healthcare workers, and civil servants, it’s time to stand up for our rights! Join us on 18th March 2025 as we march to demand: Immediate posting of medical interns and full implementation of the Public Officer Medical Fund,” Atellah announced.
Atellah urged the government to act on the issues addressed by the healthcare workers and civil servants without making promises.
