Striking doctors and nurses risk facing God's wrath for putting love for money ahead of public service, Mombasa Muslim clerics have warned.
Speaking on Tuesday in Mombasa, members of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK) challenged medics to resume duty as they chart the way forward with the government.
“There is nowhere in the world that a dispute has been settled by any kind of war. The health workers should find an alternative way of resolving their dispute with the government,” said CIPK organising secretary Sheikh Mohamed Khalifa.
"The knowledge they have is a blessing from God. They should not mock Him by denying their services to innocent patients. The Health ministry officials will carry the sins of those who will suffer or die due to this strike. But the heaviest burden will be on the striking doctors and nurses," he added, as quoted by The Star.
Health workers have been on an industrial action since Monday, demanding for the full implementation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed by the both the medics and the government in 2013.