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Doctors to be cleared by Kenya Medical and Dentists Practitioners Board

President Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenya has agreed to accelerate a health agreement it signed with Cuba last year, by importing doctors from the Caribbean nation to fill gaps in county hospitals as President Uhuru Kenyatta pulls all the levers to ensure success of the Health pillar of his Big Four agenda.

Health CAS Rashid Aman said Kenya had struck an agreement to bring in 100 medical specialists – with each county getting at least two – and Kenya would also send 50 doctors to Cuba for specialised training shortly.

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