The government has ruled out any talks with striking nurses and asked the Council of Governors to sack and replace them.
Health
Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu on Tuesday termed the three-month job
boycott as unnecessary and illegal as declared by the Employment and
Labour Relations Court.
Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu on Tuesday termed the three-month job
boycott as unnecessary and illegal as declared by the Employment and
Labour Relations Court.
Speaking
during the official opening of the 2017 Annual Catholic Health
Conference and general meeting at Pride Inn Hotel in Mombasa, the CS
said the national government was fully behind the resolutions made by
the CoG to take administrative and legal action against nurses who will
not resume duty.
during the official opening of the 2017 Annual Catholic Health
Conference and general meeting at Pride Inn Hotel in Mombasa, the CS
said the national government was fully behind the resolutions made by
the CoG to take administrative and legal action against nurses who will
not resume duty.
“They should go ahead with the disciplinary measures, spare those who have returned to work and recruit other people,” he said.
“The
categorisation of Salaries and Remuneration Commission is for all
public and civil servants in the country. It is only in the health
sector where we are finding these kind of unrests.”
categorisation of Salaries and Remuneration Commission is for all
public and civil servants in the country. It is only in the health
sector where we are finding these kind of unrests.”
He
said there is no merit in the striking nurses’ grievances, and that it
is unfair for the workers to question the authority of SRC, which is an
independent body.
said there is no merit in the striking nurses’ grievances, and that it
is unfair for the workers to question the authority of SRC, which is an
independent body.
Last week, the CoG threatened to sack all nurses who have not resumed duty and advertise their positions.
