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The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) has condemned yesterday’s attack on Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Secretary General Davji Atellah, labeling it as “reprehensible” and calling for immediate action.
“The Central Organization of Trade Union (Kenya, COTU vehemently condemns the reprehensible actions of the Kenyan police in their unwarranted attack on Dr. Davji Attella, the General Secretary of the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacist Dentist Union (KMPDU),” Atwoli said.
According to reports, doctors were marching from Afya Centre towards the Ministry of Health headquarters, and to the Treasury Building when police intervened, leading to chaos and confusion.
Atellah was reportedly struck in the head during the commotion.
While Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei denied any firearm use by the police, attributing the injuries to the chaos of dispersal, COTU maintains that the police were responsible for the attack on Atellah.
The doctors’ protest stemmed from the expiration of a deadline set during a meeting between the Ministry of Health and the doctors’ union.