Striking medics given 72 hours to return to work or face the sack
Counties
By
Josphat Thiong'o
| Oct 28, 2016
The county has initiated disciplinary action against striking health workers.
A total of 105 medics and over 100 interns who have boycotted work for the past three weeks have been given 72 hours to show cause why they should not be dismissed.
The medics went on strike after the county failed to honour a pledge to promote them.
County Secretary Robert Ayisi said his office had resorted to the move after striking doctors failed to heed to their call for negotiations and defied a court ruling that declared the strike unlawful.
Currently, county hospitals are relying on consultant doctors and other departmental staff to provide health services in the city.
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Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists' Union (KMPDU) Nairobi Branch Secretary Thuranira Kuagiria told off the county government for threatening to sack the striking medics.
He said more than 150 doctors had pending confirmations, promotions and job group re-designations, which the county must resolve for the strike end.
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