Kenya court sentences doctors' union leaders to one month in jail
A Kenyan court on Monday sentenced Doctors union officials to one month
in jail after they failed to reach an agreement to call off their 10
weeks strike as directed. Judge Hellen Wasilwa at Kenya’s Labour court
had handed down suspended sentences to the officials a month ago after
they ignored an earlier court order to end the strike.
Appearing at the Milimani Law court earlier this
morning, seven officials from the Kenya Medical Practitioners,
Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), were handcuffed and sent to
prison for contempt of court.
Thousands of doctors and nurses from Public hospitals are reported to
have been on a nationwide strike since Monday, December 5, 2016. They
rejected a government offer of a 40 percent rise saying it falls short
of promises made in a 2013 agreement.
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