Labor & Economic News Blog

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Kenya: Medics Deplore Low Pay, Scarce Incentives
"The pay for doctors and other health care givers in the public service is so low that many of these people could not devote their full time to public service - like I have had to engage in private practice because the money I get from the university is not enough to feed me," Dr Stephen Ochiel, chairman of the Kenya Medical Association (KMA), told IPS. The KMA is a professional body for doctors.

 



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