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Court rejects county bid to stop doctors from resuming work

According to the judges, there was no positive order capable of enforcement that could be the subject matter of the board's application for stay of execution. [iStockphoto]

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by the Laikipia Public Service Board challenging the reinstatement of 34 doctors who were dismissed from work after a strike three years ago.

The board wanted justices Hannah Okwengu, Fatuma Sichale and Mbogholo Msagha to temporary stop the reinstatement pending the hearing and determination of an intended appeal.

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