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A former trade unionist has warned that any attempts to frustrate doctors from Cuba hired by the government could jolt the realization of universal health care.
Mr Erastus Mururu, a former deputy Secretary General of the Kenya Civil Servants Union, asked Kenyans to support the foreigners.
He said the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) should not sabotage the government.
“Local doctors should see their Cuban counterparts as a complimentary force,” he said. Mururu said KMPDU should not oppose the deployment of the Cubans for the sake of it.
He said the expatriates would be posted to rural areas shunned by local doctors.
“KMPDU has not raised concerns over their quality of training. Cuban doctors are recognised world over.
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