| Updated Wed, January 25th 2017 at 17:24 GMT +3Doctors have a made a last minute attempt to save their officials from an impending one month jail sentence over the ongoing strike. "The officials complied with the directive and engaged the government but they did not show commitment resulting to the current stalemate. Lady Justice Hellen Wasilwa on January 12 sentenced KMPDU officials to a suspended one month jail term for disobeying a court order to end their strike. "We have done our part to comply with the court's directive but the CS and the Council of Governors have taken advantage of the impending sentence to frustrate the talks. He added that the impending custodial sentence has disadvantaged the union officials in the negotiating table and caused them mental anguish and distress when engaging the government.

Source: Standard Digital January 25, 2017 14:23 UTC