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Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharamasists and Dentists union (KMPDU) Members Daisy Koris (National treasurer), Oluga Ouma (Secretary General) and Oroko Samuel (National Chairman) accompanied by Union Members adress the press. (Photo: Antony Gitonga/Standard)
The doctors' union officials could be sent to jail for one month for defying a court directive to call off their strike.
Industrial Court judge Helen Wasilwa on January 12 gave the officials of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) 14 days to call off the strike. The window period expires on Wednesday.
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