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I'm ready to serve my term, says jailed doctors union official

KMPDU treasurer Daisy Korir (left)is hugged by Kitutu Masaba MP Timothy Bosire on the left is Homabay women rep gladys Wanga after visiting her at Langata women prisons where she was detained for one month for contempt of court.14/2/17-COURTESY

The irony of the moment couldn’t have been more poignant. Dr Daisy Korir woke up feeling sick after spending her first night at Langata Women’s Prison in Nairobi.

Dr Korir who was hauled in jail on Monday, alongside six other leaders of the doctors’ union after they disobeyed a court order to call off their strike was at the mercy of her colleague she had been jailed with.

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