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    "id": 1401099,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nakhumicha",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Health",
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        "legal_name": "Reginalda Nakhumicha Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We are all aware of the ongoing crisis in the country. On 6th March, 2024, the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union (KMPDU) issued a seven-day strike notice of intended industrial action citing the failure of both the national and county governments in implementing the 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The Union raised 19 issues in their notice. We had a meeting as a Ministry with the union to forestall the strike. However, what we agreed on, the union did not feel like it was adequate and they proceeded and commenced the strike on 13th March, 2024. Following that notice, the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) moved to court seeking stay orders against the industrial action to prevent interruption of services in health facilities which would endanger the lives, safety and health and Kenyans. The Employment and Labour Relations Court on 15th March, 2024 ordered a whole of national approach be instituted towards resolving the instant long-running dispute in Kenya’s health sector for the purpose of achieving a sustainable solution. The ongoing negotiations and reconciliation were to incorporate the Head of Public Service, the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury, the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), the Public Service Commission (PSC), the Council of Governors (CoG), each of the 47 county governors, the Kenya Federation of Employers (KFE) and the Central Organization of Trade Unionist (COTU), all national referral hospitals and all the parties to the suit."
}