“I pleaded with doctors to isolate the return-to-work formula from the agreement, which cannot be negotiated in one day,” said Mr Atwoli. “He would instead talk to individual doctors within the union to toughen their stand on the strike,” said Mr Atwoli. As the doctors’ strike enters the 72nd day on Tuesday, the stalemate deepens, made worse by the jailing yesterday of seven union officials. Even then, Dr Mailu said he was ready and willing to negotiate with the appointed stand-in committee of the doctors’ union. Justice Nelson Abuodha issued the orders after the Council of Governors sued the Kenya National Union of Nurses and the doctors’ union separately.

Source: Daily Nation February 13, 2017 22:35 UTC