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Doctors in Kenya protested in Nairobi, the capital city, to demand for increased wages and better working conditions. Hundreds of doctors around the country have been on strike for the past week and will continue to strike until their demands are met. Midway through last week doctors stopped providing emergency service care at public hospitals, and this has greatly decreased access to medical care. Protestors state that the Kenyan government agreed to collectively bargain in 2017 with doctors after strike action lasted for one hundred days. The strike significantly disrupted healthcare in the country, and individuals died during the strike action because they were not able to receive medical care. The health minister of Kenya is seeking to recruit new doctors to replace the doctors who are on strike, but protestors state that hiring doctors will not fix the working conditions and other issues that exist at hospitals.