Then Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe (left) addresses Cuban doctors stationed at the Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital during the launch of the Infectious Diseases Unit and Intensive Care Unit on August 5, 2020.
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Termination comes a month after lawmakers joined governors and the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists' Union (KPMDU) in calling for the end of agreement
Government paid about Sh625,000 to each of the 120 Cuban doctors working under the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme
The government has terminated contracts for Cuban doctors, six years after signing the health agreement.
Making the announcement, Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Susan Nakhumicha expressed confidence that Kenyan health professionals were as "committed to the cause" as their Cuban counterparts.
