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Kenyan medics protest employment of Cuban doctors

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KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atella flanked by other union members in Senate on Tuesday, March 21. [Twitter, KMPDU]

Doctors in Kenya say a partnership that was signed by Kenya and Cuba in 2017 should not be renewed come June 2023.

In the partnership, Cuban doctors would come into the country to help fill gaps in county hospitals while Kenyan doctors were to be sent to Cuba for specialized training.

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