Kenyan doctor studying in Cuba died after ‘greedy’MPs snubbed letter seeking their desperate help

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Before Kenyan doctor, Dr Hamisi Ali Juma who was studying in Cuba died, the doctors had written a letter to Parliament’s Health Committee on the suffering they were going through in the Caribbean country.

However as Kenyan MPs are famous for going to parliament to increase their bonuses and allowances, they snubbed the letter and even when the doctor is alleged to have committed suicide in a manner that is still not adding up, they had not yet replied to their needs.

The Kenyan Government lured 50 Kenyan Doctors from 47 Counties to a promise of training in Cuba that didn’t come to be.

The result has been a very frustrating ordeal for the doctors but leaves one family in permanent sorrow and mourning.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un! pic.twitter.com/SwhtQAxWvi— KMPDU (@kmpdu) March 18, 2019

KMPDU deputy secretary-general Chibanzi Mwachonda say Kenyan doctors studying in Cuba are frustrated and mistreated and any complaint or any reports in media results in stipends being delayed.

“They are living in one central place, in dormitories which are very far from where they go for training, food is also an issue. There is frustration and challenges, pressure and intimidation,” the doctor said.

The union alleges that Kenyan doctors studying in Cuba were also warned against opting out of the programme. “They were warned of dire consequences if they opted out, including disciplinary action and deductions of money paid for the programme,” Dr Mwachonda added.

The doctor was said to be jovial and looking forward to joining his family back in Kenya before calamity struck. “What happened in between is still a mystery. His wife was expecting him. He consulted the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) about his journey back home, he was frustrated,” Dr Hassan Ahmad, a relative of Dr Juma, told the Nation in an interview.

Sad Dr. Ali Juma had to sacrifice his life for Kenyans to wake up to the fact that GoK sent abled doctors to hell in Cuba

While counterparts in Kenya are treated to luxury & salary of Sh800,000, they earn meager Sh36,000 living in deplorable state. #BringBackOurDoctors pic.twitter.com/MWiG6KFthv— Kenya West© (@KinyanBoy) March 20, 2019

“There are many problems — non-responsiveness of embassy and the Ministry of Health, stipend cannot sustain daily living, internet costs are astronomical, coercion from all sides you dare not walk out of the programme” Dr Mwachonda said.

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