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Why medics in Kenya deserve better pay

A patient sleeps on the floor in Nyangito ward of Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital in this photos taken on 5th Dec 2016. Most patients have been forced to seek services in private hospital and those who don't have the financial muscle are sleeping helpless in their hospital beds. [PHOTOS SAMMY OMINGO/STANDARD]

When I was a child my family lived in Kikuyu. My father is a vet who at that time worked for the Government.

We lived in a Government house in a Government commune. I went to school there. Played with my friends there. Went to the doctor there.

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