National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders have threatened to block Jubilee government decision to import 500 Tanzanian doctors.
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and his Ford-Kenya counterpart Moses Wetangula criticized Jubilee’s government decision to import foreign doctors.
“It is ironical that Jubilee government can decide to import foreign doctors when we have thousands of unemployed local professional doctors in the country,” Kalonzo said during a NASA rally in Kitengela Town on Sunday.
The Wiper leader accused Uhuru’s government of allegedly undermining the country’s health sector.
Kalonzo claimed that Uhuru’s administration has never been committal on the country’s health sector.
“As the opposition we are not going to watch as Jubilee administration frustrate the country's health sector,” said Bungoma senator Moses Wetangula.
Wetangula claimed the importation of Tanzanian doctors is a slap in the face of Kenya’s unemployed professional medics.
“Kenya has many unemployed professional medics who the government needs to employ to serve Kenyans,” he said.
The Bungoma senator urged Kenyan doctors to stand firm and fight for their rights as provided for in the constitution.
On Saturday, the national government announced that it has finalized the process of importing 500 doctors from Tanzania.
Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu announced the decision after meeting with Tanzanian President Pombe Magufuli.
Mailu said that Kenya is experiencing shortage of doctors hence the decision to import.
The Kenya Medical Practitioner and Dentist Union (KMPDU) has since hit out at the Kenyan government decision to import foreign doctors.
According to KMPDU, there are over1000 professional doctors in the country who are not employed.
The government decision to import Tanzanian doctors is likely to spark fresh confrontation with doctor’s days after they (doctors) ended their 100 day national strike that had paralyzed service delivery in public hospitals.