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Cord leader Kalonzo Musyoka has told off the national and county governments over their threat to deregister the doctor's trade union.
Kalonzo laughed off the threat to deregister the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) and termed it futile and illegal.
Speaking on Wednesday at the ongoing Devolution Conference, the former Vice President said the Constitution has enshrined in its Bill of Rights the civilian rights to belong to a trade union and that this right cannot be taken away.
"We have read the papers headlines today that the government wants to deregister the doctors union and sack its members. We want to raise a red flag here that such a move is illegal and can't work. The Bill of Rights is very clear and that can't be taken away," he said.
He criticised the national government over failure to offer a reliable solution to the doctor's strike which is in its 96th day and added that the government does not have a goodwill to the negotiations table.
"In negotiations, you go there in good faith and that’s how you yield results but not withdrawing any offer on the table, which is a clear show that there is no goodwill from the government," he said.
This comes after President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday met all the 47 governors during the ongoing Devolution Conference in Naivasha to crack the whip on KMPDU officials and their members participating in the strike.