• The lawyer further questioned whether the National Assembly had medical doctors
• "In the next election, let Doctors field candidates. This issue is better handled by Doctors in the Parliament," he said.
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Former Law Society of Kenya president Nelson Havi has proposed how the ongoing doctors and medical interns strike can be solved.
In a statement on Thursday, Havi suggested that the affected should file a petition to the National Assembly.
He mentioned that his sister is among the health professionals affected by the strike.
"My proposal to Doctors and Medical Interns is to petition your Members of the National Assembly to legislate on this matter," Havi said.
The Lawyer also said that from the petition what could follow is the censure of Health CS Susan Nakhumicha for her actions or inactions.
The lawyer further questioned whether the National Assembly had medical doctors arguing that if Senator Boni Khalwale was an MP, he wouldn't allow what he termed as 'shenanigans' to prevail longer than necessary.
"In the next election, let Doctors field candidates. This issue is better handled by Doctors in the Parliament," he said.
Doctors have maintained that their strike which started on Thursday last week is still on until all their demands are met.
Speaking moments after holding a meeting with the Ministry of Health on Monday, the doctors acknowledged that even though the ministry had shown goodwill and commitment to ensure the issues were resolved, they wouldn't call off the strike despite promises by the ministry to solve some of the issues falling within its mandate.
Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union Secretary General Davji Atellah claimed the union has in the past held meetings with the government but the commitments arrived at had never been implemented.
Their sentiments came moments after the Health CS Susan Nakhumicha said the ministry had agreed to begin posting interns from April 1 after receiving a confirmation from the Treasury that funds will be released.
In a briefing to the media, Nakhumicha said progress had been made in addressing issues that lie within the ministry but matters that require multi-stakeholder engagement will be addressed in a later meeting.
KMPDU in their briefing confirmed that they had been invited for a multi-stakeholder meeting by the Ministry of Labour on Tuesday.
On the issue of posting interns which lies within the ministry mandate, it was agreed that the union will take part in the review of the internship policy to ensure it is aligned to Universal Health Coverage and it addresses all the emerging issues that have existed.
The review process is currently ongoing and is chaired by the acting Health DG Patrick Amoth.
The doctors have however claimed there was no agreement on the internship policy.
"We have not been told the problem with the current policy so it is very difficult to have a conversation on a new policy when you do not know what is the problem with the current policy," Atellah said.