By MAUREEN KAKAHMore by this AuthorThe Employment and Labour Relations Court has extended orders barring the government from hiring foreign doctors. “An order stopping the hiring of foreign doctors cannot be issued as it will be in violation of Kenya’s international and regional obligations within East Africa, it will be discriminatory,” Ms Mogeni added. According to PSC, if the order suspending hiring of foreign doctors remains in place, the government will be permanently barred from hiring noncitizen medical practitioners and dentists even where need arises. Through its Chief executive Alice Otwala, PSC said that the law on hiring of foreigners is clear and has not been breached. They had faulted the fact that the government has embarked on recruiting non- Kenyan medical practitioners’ to be deployed throughout the country to work in public medical facilities.

Source: Daily Nation April 19, 2017 19:18 UTC