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No money, no testing: Facilities charging Sh5,000 for crucial tests

If you do not have money, you will not get a coronavirus test done, not even at government facilities.

This is the harsh reality that an undercover KTN News crew came to terms with as they went to Mbagathi, Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) and Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in order to verify allegations that Kenyans had made regarding these institutions.

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