KMPDU officials Ouma Oluga and Samuel Oroko addressing the press in the past. [Photo/capitalfm.co.ke]
Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has issued the government a 16-day ultimatum to implement the doctors’ collective bargaining agreement.
The KMPDU officials said this was the last chance for the Ministry of Health to finalise the talks.
According to the Return to Work Formula that ended the 100-day strike, the doctors union, the Council of Governors and the Ministry were to come up with a CBA and have it registered in court within 60 days.
The deadline lapsed on May 14. However, yesterday KMPDU officials said the talks had been ‘painfully slow.’ This has seen them sign two extensions to the set time lines — one on May 11 which is expiring today, prompting another extension signed on Friday to stretch it further for 16 days ending June 14.
“We cannot be discussing the same document that we gave them three months ago and one which they have been aware of for the last seven years,” said KMPDU Chair Dr Samuel Oroko, as reported by The Standard.
The KMPDU officials expressed their disappointment, saying negotiators in the government’s team have been skipping meetings.