Nairobi, Sept. 3 -- Veterinary practitioners have taken the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) and the 47 county governments to court over pay disparities, inadequate funding and allowances, deepening a prolonged dispute over animal health services.

The legal dispute comes amid a separate push by veterinary doctors and interns for Parliament to harmonise their salaries and allowances with those of medical doctors, including a review of risk, non-practice, call, hardship and internship allowances.

The Union of Veterinary Practitioners Kenya wants the High Court to address what it describes as failures in staffing, financing and remuneration that have persisted since 2013, when the devolution system began.

The petition, filed at ...