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Kenya needs to train more doctors

Officials from Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) and the management of Moi Referral and Training Hospital (MRTH) sign a return to work formula in a Naivasha hotel to end the 100 strike by doctors in the facility located in Eldoret Town. PHOTO: ANTONY GITONGA/STANDARD

The ink had hardly dried on the return-to-work formula signed between striking doctors and the national and county governments when a new row emerged.

This follows the Government’s latest move to hire 500 doctors from Tanzania, a move local doctors view with suspicion.

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