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Kenyan Doctors Angered by Move to Hire Cuban Physicians

Kenya's government is pushing ahead with a plan to hire 100 Cuban doctors despite opposition from a doctors' union that says the money could be used to employ local physicians instead. President Uhuru Kenyatta agreed the deal last year and the plan was accelerated after his state visit to Cuba in March. But Ouma Oluga, secretary-general of Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), told Reuters the decision is unethical because there are enough doctors...

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