CoG chair Peter Munya. Photo/the-star.co.ke
Council of Governors chairman Peter Munya has insisted that all doctors who participated in the 100-day strike will not be paid for the days they were away from duty.
The order comes barely a two weeks after the State and the doctors’ union signed a return to work formula.
Speaking in Tigania East sub-county Meru county on Wednesday, Munya said that paying the doctors would amount to breaking the law.
“We cannot pay for the days they didn’t work. This is against the law and we (governors) are answerable to the senate public account committee” insisted Munya.
He added that the government is recruiting more doctors with about 500 Doctors from Tanzanian having so far expressed willingness to work in Kenya.