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Medics: We'll not be cowed into calling off strike

Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union(KMPDU) officials led by Secretary General Dr.Ouma Oluga(C) and Chairman Samuel Oroko(R) addressing the media outside Kenyatta national Hospital , Nairobi on Monday 19/12/16 where they threatened to withdraw from the negotiation if the government arrest any of their officials for not calling off the strike. This was on 19/12/2016. PHOTO BY PIUS CHERUIYOT

Doctors have said threats to sack or jail them won't force them to call off the ongoing strike.

The defiant medics have reiterated their stand that they will only return to work once the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) reached in 2013 is implemented.

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