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The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has started the process of withdrawing its members from Machakos county hospitals because of what it describes as poor working conditions and bad human resource policies.
The union’s action comes after the lapse of seven-day notice to the County government to improve conditions. Led by KMPDU Lower Eastern chairman Harreg Mbithi, the doctors said their demands to Governor Alfred Mutua have not borne fruit.
Last week, Mutua dismissed the doctors’ ultimatum saying he would not relent in his crackdown on “lazy officers”. Differences between the medics and Governor Mutua started when he suspended one of the KMPDU members last month because of “lethargy”.
Some of the issues that the doctors are protesting against include suspension of doctors without following the right procedure, salary delays, lack of promotions, non-remittance of statutory deductions and poor housing. Doctors have since declared Machakos a hostile working zone.
“We hereby declare Machakos county a hostile employees zone and have since initiated a process of withdrawing our members from hospitals in that region,” Mbithi said.
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