Kajiado Governor David Nkedianye has appealed to doctors and nurses to resume work as negotiations into their demands are being addressed by the national and county governments.
The Governor said that doctors and nurses swore an oath to protect lives but they are doing the contrary.
He said that Kenyans lives are precious and that doctors and nurses should resume work.
“Our appeal is to striking doctors and nurses to resume work as the government works out on how to address their concerns,” said the Governor during the International Anti-Corruption Day at KCB grounds in Kajiaddo on Friday.
He asked doctors and nurses to give negotiations a chance saying that it is the only way their issues will be addressed.
Governor Nkedienye at the same time hit out at politicians and experts calling for reverting of the health docket to the national government.
He said that counties are able to manage the health sector and that they only need more resources to provide efficient service delivery to Kenyans.
The doctors and nurses strike entered the sixth day on Saturday with the medics vowing to continue with the strike until when the government will implement the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) they signed in 2013.
The medics strike has paralyzed services in public hospitals across the country with at least 20 people said to have dies as a result.
A section of politicians among them Gatundu South MP wants the health docket centralized claiming that counties are unable to manage the sector.