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THE STANDARD
KENYA
KMPDU Acting Secretary-General Dr Chibanzi Mwachonda [Sammy Omingo, Standard]
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU) on Wednesday condemned the dismissal of 86 doctors in Mombasa County over what County Executive Jeizen Faruk had termed as gross misconduct.
Through a statement, KMPDU argued that all the 250 doctors in Mombasa have been on strike since December 2 for non-implementation of the CBA 2017-2021 and failure to honour the return-to-work formula signed on October 2, 2020 between KMPDU Coast Branch and the county regarding promotions, career progression, failure to remit statutory and third-party deductions and persistent salary delays.
“The strike action was a last resort after the Union followed all the laid down procedures as per the labour laws and the constitution in an attempt to resolve issues affecting its members.
Mombasa county government has sacked dozens of doctors, including KMPDU boss Chibanzi Mwachonda and senior specialists for refusing to return to work.
In a letter signed by county secretary Jeizan Faruk, Governor Hassan Joho’s administration dismissed 86 striking workers for boycotting duty. Following the correspondence shared between the Department of Health and the County Public Service Board on the doctors strike, the Board, pursuant to Section 59 (1) (c) of the County Governments Act number 17 of 2012, hereby conveys its decision via Special Board meeting held on January 5, 2021 that all the doctors who have failed, refused and/or neglected to return to work be dismissed from county services as provided for under Section 44 (4) (a), (c) and (e) of the Employment Act 2007 which constitute justifiable or lawful grounds for the dismissal as highlighted in the Act, the devolved unit said.
Joho fires 86 doctors, including KMPDU boss Mwachonda
Wednesday January 06 2021
By WINNIE ATIENO
Summary
In a letter signed by county secretary Jeizan Faruk, Governor Hassan Joho’s administration dismissed the 86 striking workers for boycotting duty.
The Joho administration further instructed the doctors to immediately hand over all properties belonging to the county government to their supervisors.
Wards in major hospitals are empty with services such as surgery, maternity, in-patient, and out-patient suspended as doctors, nurses, laboratory technologists, clinical officers, and radiographers boycott duties.
Mombasa county government has sacked 86 doctors, including KMPDU boss Chibanzi Mwachonda and senior specialists for refusing to return to work.
THE STANDARD
Chibanzi Mwachonda Acting General Secretary at Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union. [File, Standard]
The Mombasa County Government has made true its threat and sacked 86 doctors over what County Executive Jeizen Faruk regarded as gross misconduct.
In a letter seen by The Standard, the sacked medical doctors failed to return to work as directed by the County Public Service Board and Health Department.
Among those sacked is the acting secretary-general of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board Union (KMPDU), Dr Mwachonda Chibanzi, and other senior specialists.
In a letter signed by Faruk, the doctors were ordered to surrender all the property belonging to the county government to their superiors.