Health CS Susan Nakhumicha is the most blamed for strikes that have rocked the sector.
The latest poll by Tifa Research shows 47 per cent of respondents said they blame the CS for the strike even though she has said it is a failure by the Treasury to release funds.
"It is the CS for Health who attracts more blame than any other official or entity for the medical workers’ industrial action," the poll says.
It adds," Even though she and others have said it is the “lack of sufficient funds in Treasury” that has supposedly made it impossible for most of the medics’ demands to be met."
According to the poll, 28 per cent of respondents are heaping the blame on the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU).
Eight per cent think it is the county governments, who happen to be the doctors' employers to blame for the strike.
Five per cent are blaming the Salaries and Remuneration Commission while another one per cent are blaming the Council of Governors and Head of Public Service Felix Koskei.
"There is no mention of the leadership of the previous (Jubilee) administration that was a party to the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) the failure of which to implement was the main/initial basis for the first of the several strikes now in place," the poll shows.
According to the poll, only 23 per cent of Kenyans are in support of the strike while more than half (54 per cent) are not in support at all.
The opposition is highest in the South Rift and Lower Eastern regions.
The fieldwork for the research was conducted between April 27 to 29, 2024 and had a margin of error of +/- 1.82 per cent.
It was conducted among 2,912 respondents from across the nine geographic zones namely Central Rift, Coast, Lower Eastern, Mt Kenya, Nairobi, Northern, Nyanza, SouthRift and Western.
Data was collected through telephonic Interviews conducted through face-to-face in Kiswahili and English.
