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The doctors’ union representatives can now breathe a sigh of relief. A one-month suspended sentence earlier imposed on them by Justice Hellen Wasilwa would have taken effect yesterday after negotiations with the Government failed to yield results in the two weeks the court gave striking doctors to conclude negotiations and resume work.
The doctors, having gone to court to prevent incarceration, were given a five-day extension on the suspended sentence. Both sides have demonstrated intransigence that has failed to chart a way forward on the impasse over demands for a 500 per cent rise in salaries contained in a 2013 Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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