Budget questions raised as govt hires Kenya-bound 258 medics
Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children Ummy Mwalimu speaks at press conference in Dodoma yesterday on employment of new 258 government doctors. Looking on is Permanent secretary to the ministry Dr Mpoki Ulisubisya. PHOTO|EDWIN MJWAHUZI PHOTO | FILE
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Ms Mwalimu said the President’s decision was aimed at curbing the shortage of doctors in public hospitals. “For a long time we have been struggling on how to get money to employ a reasonable number of doctors to curtail the shortage. Now, as long as it is the President making this decision, he knows where he would find the money,” she said.
