Sometime last year, Kenya government send 50 Kenya doctors to Cuba to study how the country has managed to make great strides in health care.
The move was expected to bear fruit since Kenya health sector is wanting , however the doctors have sited frustrations and suffering they are being subjected in the foreign land.
For almost seven months now, the Kenyan doctors in Cuba have survived on this food, paying no more allegiance to a balanced diet, which they constantly preach to those keen on healthy living.
For dinner, a thin sausage, a handful of rice clamped together and doughy mashed potatoes. Nothing green, nothing liquid.
The doctors were sponsored by the government to study Family Medicine in Cuba. They are now convinced the same government has forgotten them, their plight growing with each passing day.
The doctors say their problems have worsened since the local media highlighted Hamisi’s death and frustrations. At first, on Tuesday, they were scared of sharing their tribulations, saying they were threatened with sacking. Some then agreed to speak up on condition of anonymity.
They accused the Health ministry of refusing to allow them to visit their families back home. The ministry remains cagey, they said.
Health Principal Secretary Peter Tum earlier said that the exchange programme would ensure Kenyan doctors, both in public and private hospitals, provide quality services.
He reiterated the government’s commitment to make health care accessible to all Kenyans, adding that this was the reason behind the importation of 100 doctors from Cuba.