{
  "id": 18187951,
  "title": "Kang’ata explains why he has not increased doctors’ salaries amid KMPDU strike threat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/kangata-explains-why-he-has-not-increased-doctors-salaries-amid-kmpdu",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T21:46:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/kangata-explains-why-he-has-not-increased-doctors-salaries-amid-kmpdu-strike-threat"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata has blamed pending approval from the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) and payroll system requirements for the delay in implementing doctors’ salary adjustments in the county. Kang’ata said the county could only adjust salaries after the SRC issues the required gazettement and advice, adding that a new payroll system introduced by […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "KMPDU issues 21-day strike ultimatum to 17 counties over doctors’ salaries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/kmpdu-issues-21-day-strike-ultimatum-to-17-counties-over-doctors",
        "published": "2026-11-04T15:06:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}