CBA O'Cklock

CBA O'CLOCK (12th Day)

It is a Friday evening and I hope you for once are having that restful evening you have longed for since you became a doctor.

If you are an employee of the Government of Kenya in a parastatal, county or MoH and you aren't home because you are on locum or sneaking into hospital then your curse is spared specially in Heaven.

We have spent the last 12 days faithfully reciting allegiance to the CBA. We shall do so until that document is implemented.

However, for the first time in 3 and half years, the GoK  acknowledged that the Kenyan doctors through KMPDU have a CBA that is legally binding and yes it was minuted. This was like swallowing back the previous description of 'useless piece of paper'. A position that CoG representing the 47 counties confirmed and noted that as long Treasury allocates funds, the CBA can be implemented.

We are alive to the machinations of the oppressors and we were well prepared to all tactics. We are aware of court cases and possible arrest warrants over our heads. We are aware that the same GoK now acknowledging the CBA appealed the Hon. Justice Monica Mbaru ruling.

Our court case comes for Mention on Monday. Our legal team has advised that we are not required or mandated to attend even as we know the court may order our immediate arrests anytime from Monday. Bring it on! We shall advise when you should attend court.

The journey to the CBA implementation will be the most interesting, most painful and yet most fruitful ever KMPDU and all Kenyan doctors shall ever engage in.

We thank you for staying strong. We are extremely grateful of your support as we walk to freedom as WE. With a determination and resolve not imagined since independence.

We welcome the advices and we note them. But your most important work is to stay at home and keep other doctors out of work until such a time you confirm that the CBA has been implemented. Be your champions.  Get on twitter

Have a good night beloved doctors.

Dr. Ouma Oluga
Secretary General
KMPDU