Doctors have maintained that they will proceed on strike should their grievances remain unresolved.
This is after a meeting held between the Ministry of Health and unions on Tuesday failed to give a solution to the issues being raised.
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union on Wednesday officially gave a seven-day notice which will end on Tuesday at midnight.
Initially, the strike notice was supposed to be issued on Monday and expire on Sunday midnight but the union decided to delay the notice after being invited for the Tuesday meeting to allow time for dialogue.
Speaking in Nairobi on Wednesday, KMPDU deputy SG Dennis Miskellah said several meetings held between the ministry and the union had bore no fruits with the Tuesday meeting turning abortive.
On Tuesday, Health CS Susan Nakhumicha disclosed that the PS Public Health and Professional Standards Mary Muthoni was meeting with union officials to sort out the issues of contention.
"The meeting that we had yesterday (Tuesday) morning which she had said we are going to solve this, the ministry said the same thing, that their hands are tied so we hope that this notice will untie their hands," Miskellah said.
"Come Wednesday, there will be no single medical doctor in any hospital where KMPDU has a membership," he added.
The strike notice has been issued to the CSs Ministries of Health, Labour, Interior, head of Public Service, Council of Governors, all county governments, all county public service boards, all Vice Chancellors of medical training universities and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission.
The CEOs of Kenyatta National Hospital, the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, The Nairobi Hospital, Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital and the Inspector General of Police are also targeted in the strike notice.
Miskellah said the strike has been necessitated by issues the unions feel have not been managed properly by the leadership in the health sector.
"We went to the ministry, and sadly nothing meaningful came out of that meeting. The PS said that either the interns wait for July or accept to work without a salary or wait as they plead with the Treasury," Miskellah said.
Speaking at Afya House on Tuesday, Health CS Susan had called on the unions to exercise patience as the ministry hopes to come up with a solution that will address the issue of posting of interns which has lingered on for several years.
Nakhumicha called on the union to sit at a table and allow for a discussion to take place adding that a strike will not resolve the matter.
"I want to acknowledge and take responsibility that there is a delay but it has been a problem for long so we are taking our time because we want to get a lasting solution," Nakhumicha said.
"Let them give us time to settle this matter, I know they are anxious about the posting but once we resolve the outstanding issues we will be able to communicate to them before the time they have given us," she added.
But the union in their address on Wednesday said even though they remain available for negotiations during the notice period, the meetings held so far have continued to bear no fruits.
They faulted the CS for addressing the media when the meeting was still going on, saying she should have waited for the meeting to end to give a proper update.
