Nairobi, April 16 -- A doctors' strike has disrupted services in public hospitals in the past one month now.

At the heart of the dispute lies a 2017 collective bargaining agreement between the doctors and the government, which the latter claims due to its financial limitation cannot honour.

The fundamental issue is therefore the delicate balance between meeting the demands of healthcare professionals and managing the financial constraints.

As the government seeks to tighten its belt in the face of economic challenges, the elephant in the room remains the rampant wastage and corruption that plague county governments, State corporations and the national government.

It is true that non-performing State corporations, for example, have a d...