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Why doctors’ union bosses were jailed

Striking doctors at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, yesterday. [PHOTO: EDWARD KIPLIMO/Standard]

A raging health crisis deepened yesterday as defiant doctors vowed not to return to work until their union officials are released from jail.

The seven Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) officials were yesterday jailed for one month by Justice Hellen Wasilwa after she refused to give them more time to conclude negotiations with the Government.

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