Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich has lauded the government offer to striking doctors that would see the medics resume duty after a month-long strike.
The offer, that would see medics receive a 40 percent salary increase was however rejected by the doctors' union, a move that Rotich described as 'disappointing'.
“We considered this to be a really a good offer that the union ought to have accepted but as you know we have to consider the affordability of every salary request or demand, and the challenges that we would have to deal with to meet the demands,” Rotich said.
Speaking to the press shortly after a three-hour meeting at the Treasury Building on Friday, Rotich was upbeat that the government would broker a deal with the medics soon.
“We had high hopes that the union's council would accept the offer. We did not expect the opposite. We are however hopeful that we will reach an agreement to avoid making the common mwananchi suffer,” he said.
Photo caption: Treasury CS Henry Rotich in a past press briefing Courtesy: Business Daily