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It would be unwise to renew Cuban doctors' contracts

When Cuban Doctors were deployed to Mandera County. [File, Standard]

The national government should seriously consider the parliamentary Departmental Committee on Health's request not to renew the contracts of Cuban doctors working in Kenya.

The governments of Kenya and Cuba got into an agreement in 2017 through which 100 Cuban specialist doctors were hired to serve in Kenyan hospitals. Conversely, Kenyan doctors were to train in Cuba.

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