The Senate Health Committee has challenged the striking doctors to dump their disputed Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed in 2013 and draft a new pay arrangement with the government.
Speaking on Wednesday, the Committee's chair Senator Wilfred Machage dismissed the 2013 CBA, describing it as "illegal."
“Let sense and wisdom in negotiations prevail in the interest of suffering Kenyans. Doctors should not base their demands on an illegal CBA, but draft a new document. They cannot hang on to an illegitimate CBA, yet nobody has prevented them from drafting a new one,” the Star quoted the Migori Senator.
Machage further challenged the medics to accept the government's pay offer and resume duty, arguing that the ongoing strike currently on its 60th day has affected most Kenyans.
However, the doctors' union has insisted that the CBA is legitimate, further demanding for its full implementation before resuming duty.