The Council of Governors (CoG) is calling for increased allocation of resources from the national government if the Doctors' Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed in 2017 is implemented amid the ongoing medics' strike.
In a statement on Tuesday, April 16, CoG Chair Anne Waiguru raised concerns about the potential effect of implementing the CBA on civil servants' basic pay across counties.
"In the event that the national government agrees to the implementation of the CBA, this will have a ripple effect on all the civil servants' basic pay and will require additional allocation of resources to all the counties," Waiguru stated.
The CoG also highlighted concerns regarding the shortage of doctors available for service due to ongoing post-graduate training programs.
"Failure to release doctors for post-graduate training deprives counties of substantial resources, which could otherwise be used to recruit more doctors," Waiguru noted.
She further stated that counties will undertake the costing of doctors on post-graduate studies to allocate resources for recruitment and service provision during this training period.
Additionally, the CoG addressed the issue of medics who have absconded duty amidst the strike.
CoG indicated that disciplinary action will be taken against those who have disregarded the court directive.
"Health workers have absconded duty contrary to the court directive, and therefore County Governments will institute disciplinary action against them," Waiguru stated.