Its sad enough that Kenyans suffer here at their own home where democracy was already fought for and won,but its worse when your own suffers in another country.
The sorry state of brilliant minds with wonderful ambitions has been exposed following the tragedy of loss of Likoni member of parliament Mishi Mboko’s brother in suspected suicide.
Dr Ali Hamso died in Cuba where he had gone to pursue Masters Degree in Medicine.
Juma was among the 50 Kenyan doctors sent to Cuba to pursue further studies at the University of Medical Sciences in Havana, to specialize in Family Medicine.
The sponsored medics have been on record decrying harsh living condition and failure by the Kenyan government to provide them with the agreed stipend to meet their daily expenditure.
It was reported that an exercise book costing Sh 30 here in Kenya goes for Sh 800 in Cuba. Majority of them were reportedly unable to afford a cup of tea due to its costly price of Sh 600.
According to the agreement that saw them leave the country, they were to be paid a stipend of Sh 36,000 monthly. However, complaints emerged over the failure by the government to be consistent in settling the allowances.