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Talks to end the strike by clinical officers, which has virtually paralysed operations in public health facilities, have collapsed.
And just like in the case with the doctors' strike, the the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) is now blaming the Council of Governors for derailing the talks.
"Last week, on Friday, we received a letter from a conciliator appointed by the Cabinet Secretary for Labour, inviting KUCO, the Ministry of Health (MoH), and the Council of Governors to a conciliation meeting. Regrettably, while KUCO and MoH honoured this invitation, the CoG failed to attend. This failure to participate in the conciliation meeting, coupled with contempt of a court order issued since November of last year, mandating the resumption of negotiations, reflects a glaring failure of leadership within the CoG," said a statement issued by the KUCO Secretary General, George Gibore.
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