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Doctors to down tools in push for medical cover, posting of interns

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Doctors led by Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union Secretary General Davji Atela demonstrate outside Afya house in Nairobi on April 9, 2024. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Today, doctors, backed by Gen Z protesters, intend to storm Afya House to demand action in what is dubbed as '#Occupy MoH'.

The medics want the Ministry of Health to post intern doctors, and provide comprehensive medical cover to civil servants under Social Health Authority (SHA).

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