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Teachers, doctors, MPs big winners in proposed budget

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KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atellah (left) signs a return-to-work formula at the KICC, Nairobi, on May 8, 2024, effectively ending a 56-day nationwide strike. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Medical interns have a reason to smile after they were allocated Sh3.7 billion by Parliament to facilitate their deployment to hospitals.

According to the proposed Sh3.9 trillion 2024/2025 financial year Budget Estimates, the Health sector was among the winners with an allocation of Sh126.8 billion. Out of this, Sh3.7 billion is meant for deployment of medical interns to hospitals while a further Sh2.5 billion will be for community health promoters to support preventive healthcare.

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