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Doctors to down tools in push for medical cover, posting of interns

Doctors led by Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union Secretary General Davji Atela demonstrate outside Afya house in Nairobi on April 9, 2024. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Today, doctors, backed by Gen Z protesters, intend to storm Afya House to demand action in what is dubbed as '#Occupy MoH'.

The medics want the Ministry of Health to post intern doctors, and provide comprehensive medical cover to civil servants under Social Health Authority (SHA).

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