Doctors: Government not interested in ending strike

Striking doctors outside Parliament Buildings yesterday where they had gone to petition MPs to help them end the two-month strike. [Photo: BEVERLYNE MUSILI/Standard]

Doctors have accused the Government of taking advantage of their impending jail sentences to frustrate talks to end the strike.

Through a team of lawyers led by Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jnr, the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) said they had tried their best to engage Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu, but he had shown no goodwill.