[KMPDU officials when they were jailed February 13, 2017. Photo/VOA News]
The Appellate Court released seven doctors’ officials (five men, two women), from jail, after spending two nights in various prisons.
Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) bosses were jailed Monday February 13, for contempt of Court, after they declined to call off a nationwide strike that kicked off December 5, 2016.
Their lawyers Philip Murgor, Mutula Kilonzo Jnr, and James Orengo successfully filed an appeal, Wednesday, calling for their immediate release.
Judge Wanjiru Karanja ordered that the KMPDU officials be released immediately, unconditionally, so as to continue with talks, to end the ongoing strike.
The doctors have been demanding for a 300 per cent salary hike, as agreed in the 2013 Agreement with state.