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Achieving woman: Dr Mercy Mwangangi, the doctor with a big public voice

We know her as the soft-spoken yet firm young doctor who steps in the absence of Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe (Photo: Standard/Elvis Ogina)

Dr Mercy Mwangangi is easily the most visible face in coronavirus briefings held outside Afya House.

The night before Mercy Mukui Mwangangi was appointed chief administrative secretary in the Health ministry, she was weighing her options on three lucrative health economist job offers.

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