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Doctors say unafraid of presidential directive on private practice

KMPDU Secretary General Doctor Ouma Oluga addressing journalists

NAIROBI, KENYA: A presidential directive to civil servants not to engage in private practice has been dismissed by doctors who say they are not afraid to get fired for going against it.

Doctors say it is a mission impossible for the government to expect them to follow such directives yet the medics are not properly remunerated in the public sector.

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