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Union wants more doctors employed, Sh3 billion to cover front-line workers

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists' Union (KMPDU) wants the government to hire 1,000 doctors to help the country fight the rising number of coronavirus cases.

The union in a statement signed by Chairman Oroko Obegi called for the inclusion of Covid-19 in the Second Schedule of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 2007 and the creation of a Sh3 billion Occupational Injury and Disease Fund to cover all front-line workers.

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