Tana River Governor Dado warns doctors against striking

Tana River Governor Hussein Dado speaks at a press conference in Delta House, Nairobi, on September 21, 2016. He told doctors not to strike again. PHOTO | ANTHONY OMUYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

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  • He cautioned them that his administration will not be cowed by fresh strike threats.

Tana River Governor Hussein Dado has told doctors they will be fired if they strike again, pointing out that their welfare has been improved.

Mr Dado said the 12 doctors working in the county's public hospitals will be paid full salaries for the 100 days they took part in the countrywide strike.

However, he cautioned them that his administration will not be cowed by fresh strike threats, and will not allow patients to go through the traumatising experience of being unattended to.

"We have no intention to punish our doctors for taking part in the recent strike and that is why we paid them even when they were not working," he said at Hasako village in Bura constituency on Saturday.

Mr Dado added: "I wish to make it clear to them that we will not accept any further strike that would affect our efforts to provide quality health care to our people. We will be forced to sack them and hire foreign ones."

The governor urged them to reciprocate by being dedicated to their duties.

Governor Dado also welcomed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive to all governors to pay doctors who were on strike, but they have said they will not do so.