President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto have been asked to suspend their ongoing campaigns in order to deal with urgent matters affecting the country.
Members of the civil society called on the two to temporarily stop the countrywide tours and deal with the strikes currently being experienced in the country.
Led by the Coordinator of Centre for Enhancing Democracy and Good Governance Kemunche Masese, they called for immediate intervention to help end the crisis.
They maintained that it was the responsibility of the Head of State to solve the industrial action involving the nurses and university staff.
“Patients are suffering over the CBA dispute. Families have lost their loved ones since the strike started, whereas the Head of State and even the opposition National Super Alliance continue with campaigns,” stated Masese.
The activists criticised the leaders for continuing with the political rallies yet operations in public hospitals and universities are paralysed.
“It is saddening that even those seeking to be elected as governors, senators and MPs seem not to care about the plight of Kenyans. Why are we then holding an election in August?” they posed.
Currently, learning in various institutions has stalled after the lecturers downed their tools citing lack of implementation of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed in May.
The same is being experienced in the health sectors with nurses complaining about a CBA signed between them and the government.
