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Senate health committee raises alarm over shortages of health workers

Bungoma County Referral Hospital. [Juliet Omelo, Standard]

The Senate Committee on Health has raised fresh concerns over severe staff shortages, strained facilities, and rising teenage pregnancies in Bungoma and Kakamega counties.

The committee, led by Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago, said the poor state of health facilities in the two counties was replicated across the country.

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