Kenyan doctors have rejected the latest pay offer by the government in its attempt to end the nationwide strike that has paralysed medical operations in public hospitals, since December 2016.

Ceoafrica gathered that President Uhuru Kenyatta met the doctors' union representatives recently and made an offer to increase the health workers' allowances by at least $560 (£450), which would have brought the entry level pay for intern doctors to about $2,000 per month.

The union, which was set to respond to the offer today, now says that the pay offer favours doctors but excludes the public.

The doctors are pushing the government to honour an agreement signed in 2013 that promised to increase the number of doctors, research funds, drugs and equipment in public hospitals.

Meanwhile, many Kenyans continue to suffer and their resources are strained as they seek medical care in expensive private hospitals.