By MAUREEN KAKAHMore by this AuthorThe labour court has extended the suspension of a jail sentence it granted doctors’ union officials on the condition that they end their job boycott in five days. Employment and Labour Relations Court Judge Hellen Wasilwa on Thursday also ordered the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) to continue talks with the government. KMPDU officials had appeared before Justice Wasilwa to update her on the ongoing negotiations on doctors' salaries with the Health ministry. NEW APPLICATIONMakueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo was in court and asked the judge to consider suspending the jail term sentence. Doctors who had turned up for the KMPDU officials' court date outside the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi on January 26, 2017.

Source: Daily Nation January 26, 2017 05:54 UTC