{"id":18485,"date":"2020-12-02T21:09:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T21:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=18485"},"modified":"2020-12-02T21:09:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T21:09:43","slug":"doctors-strike-on-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/doctors-strike-on-next-week","title":{"rendered":"Doctors: Strike on next week"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Talks to avert a medics strike slated for Monday flopped yesterday after Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe and his colleagues from Ministry of Health and National Treasury failed to show up.<\/p>\n

The meeting called by the National Assembly Health Committee was also given a miss by Salaries and Remuneration Commission, Council of Governors, and Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi.<\/p>\n

Yesterday’s was the third meeting within the three weeks\u2019 notice issued by the doctors, which expires on December 6.<\/p>\n

On December 7, doctors, clinical officers and nurses are all expected to go on strike. The committee, while forced to adjourn yesterday’s meeting attended by Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union, slated another one for Thursday next week.<\/p>\n

Cherengany Member of Parliament Joshua Kutuny who chaired the meeting asked doctors to consider extending the strike notice by 14 days in a bid to find a resolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to give room for discussion. We are here and we will stand with you,\u201d said Kutuny.<\/p>\n

However, KMPDU Secretary-General Dr Chibanzi Mwachonda told the committee that the decision to extend the strike notice lies with the union\u2019s National Advisory Council.Mwachonda said doctors are still not able to access Personal Protective Equipment and they are not covered in the event one dies in the line of duty from Covid-19. \u201cSo come Monday, no doctor will be at work, the strike is still on until issues are resolved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

MP Kutuny faulted the executives for derailing efforts to avert the strike. \u201cWe have to reschedule the meeting so that the key stakeholders \u2013 Ministry of Health and National Treasury \u2013 are around,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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