Law students move to court to halt negotiations with striking doctors

Law Students Society of Kenya (LSSK) have moved to court seeking to stop the ongoing mediation talks between the government and the doctor’s union.

The petitioners argue that the implementation of the CBA 2013 will unfairly treat one professional discipline above other disciplines, which they argue, goes against the spirit and letter of the Kenyan Constitution that provides for equality of all persons under the law.

“A declaration that the ongoing negotiations between KMPDU and the government to implement the 2013 CBA are unlawful and unconstitutional,” reads the petition.

The students further want the court orders compelling the respondents in the case not to continue with the ongoing negotiations.

In a certificate of urgency filed Tuesday afternoon at the Milimani Law Courts, the petitioners claim that the respondents who are involved in the mediation are in violation of articles 10, 19, 21, 27, 41, 232 and 259 of the Constitution.

“Implementation of the CBA will occasion an even greater prejudice on the petitioners,” they argued.

The Public Service Commission, Attorney General Githu Muigai, Salaries and Remuneration Commission, National Treasury, and the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentist Union have been named as respondents in the case.