Pictures of KMPDU officials Ouma Oluga and Daisy Korir have emerged a day after they were jailed alongside five union officials.
The Labour court on Monday effected its month-long jail sentence against union officials after their refusal to call off the strike that is in its 72nd day.
They seven officials were then taken to different prisons -
Lang’ata Women’s, Machakos Women’s and Industrial Area Remand prisons.
Others were taken to Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, Shimo La Tewa and Kajiado.
The pictures shared on social media on Tuesday show Oluga dressed in the stripped black and white prison uniform with his hair cut.
He embraces family and relatives at the prison,
an indication that he is elated by their arrival.
KMPDU official Daisy Korir hugs Timothy MP Bosire (Kitutu Masaba) as Gladys Wanga (Homa Bay woman representative) looks on during a visit by MPs
at Lang'ata Women's Prison, February 14, 2017. /COURTESY
Korir was visited on
Valentine's Day by MPs Mpuru Aburi (Tigania East), Timothy Bosire (Kitutu Masaba), Gladys Wanga (Homa Bay woman representative) and Florence Mutua (Busia). She is at Lang'ata Women's Prison.
Others who have been jailed are chairman Samuel Oroko, Evelyne Chege, Allan Ochanji, Mwachonda Chibandzi and Titus Ondoro.
Doctors are demanding the fulfillment of a CBA signed in 2013 that includes a
300 per cent pay rise and better working conditions.
Working conditions subject to review include job structures, criteria for promotions and the under-staffing of medical professionals in government hospitals.
Doctors have also accused the government of failing to stock public hospitals with basic medicines and supplies of items such as gloves.
But the Collective Bargaining Agreement was declared it illegal since it was not registered before the Industrial and Labour Court.
Doctors took it to court for registration last year, but justice Monica Mbaru ruled that their union had to negotiate a new one with the Health ministry, Salaries and Remuneration Commission and the counties.
Counties now employ nearly 90 per cent of doctors but were not involved in the 2013 CBA.
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