Nakuru county governor has criticized Nakuru doctors who are on strike, saying the doctors want the “county government to commit a crime to satisfy their demands”.
Speaking on Tuesday while on a tour at Naivasha sub-county hospital, governor Kinuthia Mbugua said some of the doctors are demanding to be promoted without following the required regulations of service.
“There are certain professional qualifications that are required but they want it to be waived. Other demand is that they want a study leave. I agree that it is their entitlement but the problem is the number at one particular time that they want to be released. They want a quarter of the staff to be released at one time which is not fair,” Mbugua, who was in the company of senior county officers said.
Mbugua however took issue with the doctor’s KMPDU, saying the union pushing the doctors to strike for no reason, and called upon its leaders to act in “soberness while dealing with matters relating to health”.