Meru Governor Peter Munya on Thursday announced that there will be no further negotiations with the striking doctors.
Munya, who released a statement after the Kenya Medical Association (KMA) requested for another chance to conduct talks with the religious leaders, highlighted that the plea was 'dishonest and ill-intentioned'.
"Their call is ill-intentioned and in bad faith and is bound to fail. We are not taking them seriously. They have been approaching it (talks) with cards under the table," Munya said in Naivasha during the 4th devolution conference.
The Meru boss insisted that as far as county governments were concerned, the deadline for doctors to report to work had elapsed on Wednesday.
Munya, who is also the Council of Governor Chairman, noted that Counties had instructions to carry out a headcount to establish how many doctors had resumed work before they start replacing the defiant ones.
Earlier on, KMA chair Jacqueline Kitulu stated: "The process of negotiations has proceeded relatively well and has arrived at a critical moment. The CBA has already been fully agreed on by the two parties and is ready to be signed by all concerned parties".
"The mutual Recognition Agreements between the Union and the employers have been concluded and are ready for signing. The only document remaining to be concluded is the Return to Work Agreement, in which a number of closures need to be refined in order to allow a calling off of the strike," KMA statement read in part.
The Association highlighted that after a consultative meeting, they agreed it was critical for the parties to continue engaging in good faith and act with goodwill to protect the life and health of Kenyans by restoring normalcy in the health sector.
