It is now emerging that wrangles within the leadership of the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) could be derailing the signing of a return-to-work formula as directed by the courts. In the ruling given on Thursday, the courts directed the warring parties to sign the return-to-work formula presented before it and thus the government side stuck to it. However, according to the union, their document is the same, but now contains timelines, which it wants the government to honour, insisting they had no different document. The doctors had asked for a 10 AM meeting on Monday, but the court’s directive says the return-to-work formula should be deposited in court by 9:30 AM Monday. Government also accuses the doctors of insincerity in dealing with the talks as every time they agree, the doctors council seems to negate the talks.
