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Kenya, Tanzania Face Ongoing Health Worker Strikes
About 2,000 Kenyan health workers attended a demonstration outside the Ministry of Health on Friday, the Associated Press/Seattle Times reports, noting, "Some 40,000 health workers nationwide went on strike on March 1 to protest low pay and poor working conditions." According to the news service, "[t]he government announced Thursday that it fired 25,000 workers who defied an order to return to work" (3/9). "Anyang Nyong'o, minister for medical services, said on Thursday that the sacked workers would be required to re-apply if they are to be considered for reappointment," MWC News notes (3/9).
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