The leaders of Kenya’s doctors union have been imprisoned for one month on the orders of a labour court for contempt.
The Daily Nation reported that the labour court Judge Hellen Wasilwa on Monday decided to let go the suspension she placed on the one-month sentence she imposed on the doctors for earlier failing to comply with her order.
The leaders of Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Unions (KMPDU) were ordered by the court to call off their ongoing strike and rather engage government in talks.
But the talks reportedly failed to yield results while the doctors remain on strike.
The doctors union Chairman Samuel Oroko, Secretary-General Ouma Oluga and other executives were handcuffed and led to the Industrial Area Prison in Nairobi soon after Monday’s court session.
The doctors are agitating over conditions of service. They want a Collective Bargaining Agreement signed in 2013 implemented by the government.
Source: Africafeeds.com
