Doctors respond to Ruto over government offer ‘We can’t backtrack on our salaries
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Doctors tells off President Ruto over offer being offered by the government to call off their strike
Doctors tells off President Ruto over offer being offered by the government to call off their strike.
Speaking on hours after Ruto advice, Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) SG Davji Atellah said they will not backtrack on the issue of salaries.
In his address, President Ruto had called on doctors to understand that the country can’t afford to increase salaries for its workers.
But in response, Atellah stated that what they’re asking for now is what was agreed upon in the 2017 CBA after compromising with the government’s requests at that time.
“The current salary for doctors, including interns, was offered by the government. We were demanding more but gave in to their demand,” Atellah said.
“We can not backtrack on our salaries to exploitation in the name of the wage bill. The doctors’ salary is anchored on CBA, and it is important like the salary of any Kenyan,”
“To control the wage bill, it can not be only doctors being the target for wage bill reduction. We shall strike harder. No penny will be lost on our hard-earned salaries as long as we are alive,” the SG added.
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While speaking on Sunday, President Ruto stressed that the county must manage within its available resources instead of resorting to borrowing to pay wages.
He said the government had offered to pay a stipend of Sh70,000 each for 1,500 interns for one year after which they would be employed.
“That is what we can offer and we have availed resources to have all the 1500 intern doctors absorbed at once”, said Ruto.
The President mentioned that the country’s wage bill is excessively high, currently standing at 47 percent of all revenue collected, instead of the recommended 35 percent.
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