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No exams for Tanzanian doctors as medical board releases requirements

Health CS Cleopa Mailu (left) and PS Nicholas Muraguri
Health CS Cleopa Mailu (left) and PS Nicholas Muraguri

A simple identity card, curriculum vitae and certificate of good conduct are what the 500 Tanzanian doctors are required to have in order to be employed in Kenya, a medical board has revealed.

Contrary to arguments that the foreign doctors will be subjected to an exam before they are registered, Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) has stated otherwise.

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