No deal for striking doctors as talks with Labour Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie collapse

Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union (KMPDU) officials led by chairman Samuel Oroko (C) and Secretary General Ouma Oluga addressing the media at Kenyatta National Hospital on Thursday 08/12/16 where they declined to go back to work and blamed the Government for not honouring their CBA. [PHOTO:BONIFACE OKENDO/Standard].

Talks to have doctors return to work hit a dead end on Thursday after a meeting scheduled by the Labour Ministry collapsed.

The meeting convened by Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie failed to take place after doctors led by the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) top leadership stormed out.