Nairobi, Feb. 29 -- A protest by the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) demanding the swift posting of medical interns turned chaotic Thursday, February 29 as the union's Secretary General, Dr Davji Atellah, sustained a head injury while walking from the Ministry of Health to the Treasury.

"The ministry officials showed us the letters of the interns posting saying that they are ready to post but the treasury had delayed disbursement of funds," says KMPDU deputy secretary, Dr Dennis Miskellah.

According to Dr Miskellah, the ministry officials revealed a funding bottleneck as the reason behind the delay which prompted the protestors to march towards the Treasury, "hoping to compel the release which was bud...