Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has pleaded with the medical interns through their unions to accept the Ksh 2.4 billion offer from the government for their deployment and posting....CONTINUE READING
PS Muthoni says the allocation risks being taken back to the treasury come June in case the unions led by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) continue to turn it down.
“It would be wrong to take back money to Treasury simply because we are not agreeing. So I am imploring them (doctors),” Muthoni stated.
“It will be important that they get licences after internship, that is why government has released a huge amout of Ksh.2.4 billion. If it gets to June, it will go back to Treasury, so who loses? I lose and you lose,” she added.
PS Muthoni has affirmed that the government is very committed to ensuring it ends end the stalemate and brings back normal healthcare provision in public hospitals.
She says the whole government approach chaired by the Head of Public Service Felix Koskei will keep engaging the medics in talks.
Speaking in Kisumu, PS Muthoni says the many pending issues in the medical sector cannot be sorted out in one sitting adding that already the government has shown commitment.
She called on the health workers through their unions to also approach the talks with sincerity and that they should be flexible…CONTINUE READING>>
