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Go back to work or face the sack, governors tell striking medics
Speaking during a breakfast meeting with editors, the county bosses said they will circulate names of employees terminated on account of indiscipline to ensure they are not considered for subsequent employment in other counties.
“Any worker who absconds duty will be dealt with in accordance with the law. No worker will be expected to work out and back of their jobs. Counties are not revolving doors” a tough speaking Council of Governors Wycliffe Oparanya warned.
Governors Appeal To Striking Healthcare Workers To Resume Work Or Lose Their Jobs. Photo Courtesy
He added “The Council urges the trade unionists to engage the respective County Governments for purposes of addressing any issues. We are however not opposed to a social dialogue that will help resolve the issues and put to an end to the perennial strike by the health care workers,”
The bare-knuckle statement comes even as the Council of Governors made it clear that the demands by medics coming after the implementation of a collective bargaining agreement in 2017 that has a Ksh5B budget implication annually are not attainable.
Governors Appeal To Striking Healthcare Workers To Resume Work Or Lose Their Jobs
“Any health worker who absconds duty will be dealt with in accordance with the law. No worker should expect to walk out of their jobs and then walk back when they so wish. We are monitoring and shall circulate the names of the employees who have been terminated on account of indiscipline in order for the workers not to be considered for subsequent employment in other counties,” he said.
Oparanya at the same time insisted that the council was never consulted on the return to work formula which was signed between the Ministry of Health and the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers on January 1, 2021.
The nurses and clinical officers downed their tools last year over concerns that include failure by the government to provide them with adequate Personal Protective Equipment.
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