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Doctors, nurses and clinical officers protest along Digo Road in Mombasa on December 22, 2020. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]
Mombasa County Government is unable to remit statutory deductions of 200 doctors and 800 nurses on strike because of financial challenges.
Finance Executive Mariam Mbaruk blamed the situation on 'skewed shareable revenue formula,' effects of Covid-19 and Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) disruption.
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